Imprinting Disorders

**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.

**Tree numbers:** - C16.320.447

**Synonyms:** - Imprinting Diseases - Imprinting Syndromes - Genomic Imprinting Disorders - Genetic Imprinting Disorders