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Mechanisms of Parent-of-Origin Effects include (A) the influence of the maternal intrauterine environment on gene expression patterns, (B) exclusive maternal inheritance of functional genes in the mitochondrial genome, and (C) differential expression of gene copies depending on from which parent, mother or father, they are inherited (paternally-dependent expression shown). Pathways corresponding to parent-of-origin effects indicated by dashed arrows.
