@article {508766,
	title = {Do imprinted genes have few and small introns?},
	journal = {Bioessays},
	volume = {18},
	number = {5},
	year = {1996},
	note = {<p>Haig, DengReviewENGLAND1996/05/01Bioessays. 1996 May;18(5):351-3.</p>},
	month = {May},
	pages = {351-3},
	abstract = {<p>A gene is described as imprinted if its pattern of expression depends on whether it passed the previous generation in a male or female germ line. A recent paper reports that imprinted genes have fewer and smaller introns than a control set of genes. The differences are striking but their interpretation is unclear. The loss of introns after a gene becomes imprinted is not sufficient to explain why imprinted genes have fewer introns than average, because related unimprinted genes also have few introns. Similarly, small introns appear to be a property of chromosomal region rather than of imprinting status itself, because neighboring unimprinted genes also have small introns.</p>},
	keywords = {*Chromosome Mapping, *Genomic Imprinting, *Introns, Animals, Biological Evolution, Chromosomes, Human, Female, Genome, Human, Humans, Male, Mice, Models, Genetic, Selection, Genetic},
	isbn = {0265-9247 (Print)0265-9247 (Linking)},
	author = {Haig, D.}
}
