Modifying Mendel one more time. (Biomedicine) From: Science News | Date: August 5, 1989| Author: Young, Patrick | COPYRIGHT 1989 Science Service, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Modifying Mendel one more time

Even as geneticists adjust to the heretical concept of genomic imprinting (SN: 5/20/89, p.312), they confront yet another discovery that challenges classical Mendelian genetics.

The genomic imprinting concept holds that while two genes may contain identical DNA sequences, how a gene behaves may depend on whether the mother or the father provided it. Recently, researchers reported another startling finding--two cystic fibrosis pati...

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