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Agriculture · Q444

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 444

Q444

Genomic imprinting occurs in

A.
Plants
B.
Animals
C.
Humans
D.
All of these
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
Genomic imprinting occurs in Plants, Animals, and Humans.
Genomic imprinting is a process of silencing genes through DNA methylation. The repressed allele is methylated, while the active allele is unmethylated.
Genomic imprinting refers to a form of epigenetic gene regulation whereby alleles are differentially expressed in a parent-of-origin-dependent manner.
Imprinting evolved independently in flowering plants and therian mammals in association with the elaboration of viviparity and a placental habit.