The imprinted gene and parent-of-origin effect database

The database of imprinted genes and parent-of-origin effects in animals (ht tp://www.otago.ac.nz/IGC) is a collation of genes and phenotypes for which parent-of-origin effects have been reported. The database currently include s over 220 entries, which describe over 40 imprinted genes in human, mouse and other animals. in addition a wide variety of other parent-of-origin eff ects, such as transmission of human disease phenotypes, transmission of QTL s, uniparental disomies and interspecies crosses are recorded. Data are acc essed through a search engine and references are hyperlinked to PubMed.