Figure 1.

Mechanisms capable of invoking differential allele-specific expression (ASEΔ): genetically driven by cis-acting polymorphisms; epigenetically driven by cis-acting epigenetic effectors; hepitype driven by a combination of genetic and epigenetic effectors; and driven by as yet unknown trans effectors.

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