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Science 16 November 2007:
Vol. 318. no. 5853, pp. 1077 - 1078
DOI: 10.1126/science.1150705
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GENETICS:
Widespread Monoallelic Expression

Rolf Ohlsson

The surprisingly high prevalence of random allele inactivation in human cells can generate diversity in gene expression that affects cell fate and physiology.

The author is in the Department of Development and Genetics, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, S-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden. E-mail: rolf.ohlsson{at}ebc.uu.se

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