Polar overdominance

Polar overdominance is a unique form of inheritance (described in sheep) whereby a mutant Callipyge allele must be inherited from the father to cause muscle hypertrophy.

See also

• Imprinting (genetics)
• MEG3 - a gene occasionally expressed through polar overdominance

External links

• Cockett, Noelle E.; Jackson, Sam P.; Shay, Tracy L.; Farnir, Frédéric; Berghmans, Stéphane; Snowder, Gary D.; Nielsen, Dahlia M.; Georges, Michel (1996). "Polar Overdominance at the Ovine callipyge Locus". Science 273 (5272): 236–8. doi:10.1126/science.273.5272.236. PMID 8662506.