TY - JOUR T1 - Imprinted green beards: a little less than kin and more than kind JF - Biol Lett Y1 - 2013 A1 - Haig, D. KW - *Alleles KW - *Genomic Imprinting KW - Algorithms KW - Animals KW - DNA/*chemistry KW - Humans KW - Models, Genetic KW - Multigene Family KW - Mutation KW - Probability KW - RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism KW - RNA/*chemistry AB -

RNA is complementary to the DNA sequence from which it is transcribed. Therefore, interactions between DNA and RNA provide a simple mechanism of genetic self-detection within nuclei. Imprinted RNAs could enable alleles of maternal and paternal origin to detect whether they are the same (homozygous) or different (heterozygous), and thereby provide strategic information about expected relatedness to siblings.

VL - 9 SN - 1744-957X (Electronic)1744-9561 (Linking) N1 -

Haig, DavidengEngland2013/10/18 06:00Biol Lett. 2013 Oct 16;9(6):20130199. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0199. Print 2013.

U2 - 3871330 JO - Biology lettersBiology letters ER -