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Dr. Alexander Mendenhall’s lab uncovers which gene copy (maternal or paternal) guides early gene expression

Dr. Alexander Mendenhall’s lab uncovers which gene copy (maternal or paternal) guides early gene expression

Researchers in Dr. Alexander Mendenhall’s laboratory at the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology uncovered how maternal or paternal proteins influence which gene copy is switched on in early development using C. elegans.

Read more here: Maternal histone methyltransferases antagonistically regulate autosomal random monoallelic expression (aRMAE) in C. elegans