MeSH definition : Disorders caused by transcriptional silencing of one parental gene allele (imprinted
gene). Imprinted genes show genetic expression from only one parent of the gene pair
through epigenetic processes with no change in the DNA sequence.;
Disorders caused by transcriptional silencing of one parental gene allele (imprinted
gene). Imprinted genes show genetic expression from only one parent of the gene pair
through epigenetic processes with no change in the DNA sequence.