Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 10 , Pages 823-834 , October 2009

Unearthing the Roles of Imprinted Genes in the Placenta

  • F.F. Bressan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Food Engineering, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil
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  • T.H.C. De Bem

      Affiliations

    • Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Food Engineering, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil
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  • F. Perecin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Food Engineering, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil
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  • F.L. Lopes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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  • C.E. Ambrosio

      Affiliations

    • Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Food Engineering, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil
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  • F.V. Meirelles

      Affiliations

    • Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Food Engineering, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil
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  • M.A. Miglino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +55 11 30917690.

,Accepted 22 July 2009.

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