What Is the Relationship Between Methylation and Genomic Imprinting

question 13

Multiple Choice

What is the relationship between methylation and genomic imprinting?

• A)Differential methylation of DNA in males and females results in only one of the parental alleles being transcriptionally active in the offspring.
• B)DNA methylation silences the alleles inherited from both parents, so no alleles are transcriptionally active.
• C)Reversible methylation of DNA inherited from the father results in the paternal alleles being expressed only late in development.
• D)Reversible methylation of DNA inherited from the mother results in the maternal alleles being expressed only late in development.

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