Prader-Willi (PW) and Angelman syndromes (AS) are imprinting disorders of the same region on chromosome 15. Normally, the genes associated with PW are ________ imprinted (silenced), and the one gene associated with AS is ________ imprinted (silenced)

A) paternally; paternally
B) paternally; maternally
C) maternally; paternally
D) randomly; paternally
E) maternally; randomly


Answer: C

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