Genomic imprinting: an obsession with depilatory mice
Publication information:
Haig, Ubeda. Genomic imprinting: an obsession with depilatory mice. Curr Biol. 2011;21:R257–9.
Abstract
Excessive grooming in mice has been promoted as a model of human obsessive-compulsive disorders. A recent paper adds Grb10 to the list of genes with effects on behavioral hair loss, with the added twist that this time the gene is imprinted.