PART 1: BEGINNINGS
PAPER 1: Parent-Specific Gene Expression 5
PART 2: OF MICE AND MAIZE
PAPER 2: Parent-Specific Gene Expression and the Triploid Endosperm
(with Mark Westoby)
Commentary: Parent-Specific Gene Expression vs. Imprinting 9
PAPER 3: Genomic Imprinting in Endosperm:
Its Effects on Seed Development in Crosses between Species and
between Different Ploidies of the Same Species, and Its Implications
for the Evolution of Apomixis (with Mark Westoby)
Commentary: Seeds of Change 21
PART 3: ALICE IN WONDERLAND
PAPER 4: Genomic Imprinting in Mammalian Development:
A Parental Tug-of-War (with Tom Moore)
Commentary: Imprinted Neighbors 49
PAPER 5: Genomic Imprinting and the Strange Case of the Insulin-like
Growth Factor-II Receptor (with Chris Graham)
Commentary: The Plot Thickens 60
PAPER 6: Genomic Imprinting and the Theory
of Parent-Offspring Conflict
Commentary: Precision, Pedantry, and the Perils of Neologism 67
PART4: BEEN THERE, DUNG GNAT!
PAPER 7: Intragenomic Conflict and the Evolution of Eusociality
Commentary: Mother's Boy or Daddy's Girl 85
PAPER 8: The Evolution of Unusual Chromosomal Systems in Coccoids:
Extraordinary Sex Ratios Revisited
Commentary: Extraordinary Sex Ratios Revisited, Again 90
PAPER 9: The Evolution of Unusual Chromosomal Systems in Sciarid Flies:
Intragenomic Conflict and the Sex Ratio
Commentary: Discarded Chromosomes 100
PART 5: ATLANTIC CROSSINGS
PAPER 10: The Evolution of Parental Imprinting:
A Review of Hypotheses (with Robert Trivers)
Commentary: New Hypotheses, New Challenges 117
PAPER 11: Asymmetric Relations:
Internal Conflicts and the Horror of Incest ,
Commentary: Inbreeding and Maternal Care 129
PART 6: TYING UP LOOSE ENDS
PAPER 12: Parental Antagonism, Relatedness Asymmetries,
and Genomic Imprinting 150
PAPER 13: Genomic Imprinting, Sex-Biased Dispersal,
and Social Behavior 161
Postscript 178
Notes 183
References 187
Index 213