Parental Bias Has Benefits

Brian DeVeale, University of California, San Francisco
Derek van der Kooy, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine

Abstract

In this issue, Laukoter et al., 2020 report that parent-of-origin-dependent expression is homogeneous across distinct cortical cell types and within individual populations. Conversely, they observe preferential sensitivity of astrocytes to altered doses of imprinted loci.