Researchers look to imprinted genes for clues to foetal growth restriction in cloned swine

Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), which results in low birth weight and long-term deleterious health effects in cloned swine, is linked to a type of gene - known as an imprinted gene - found only in placental mammals. Imprinted genes play an important role in the normal foetal development of all mammals, and this study could have future implications for the study of IUGR in humans...

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