Imprinting refers to the chemical modification of the DNA in some genes that affects how or whether those genes are expressed. One particular kind of DNA imprinting found in mammals is known as parental genomic imprinting, in which the sex of the...

Imprinting describes a process in which newborn animals rapidly develop a strong attachment to a particular individual, often the mother. It is associated particularly with precocious bird species (species that mature early) such as chickens, ducks,...

Learned attachment. Imprinting is particularly widespread in birds. Filial imprinting determines the preferred target for the following response of young birds. Sexual imprinting determines mate preference in birds. Filial imprinting can be reliably...

Imprinting is a term used in ethology (study of animal behavior) to describe the development of a stable behavioral pattern during a brief period of juvenile life (known as the "sensitive phase") in a social species. It occurs as a result of a timely...

Imprinting may mean: Genomic imprinting, a mechanism of regulating gene expression Imprinting (psychology), in psychology and ethology Molecular imprinting, in polymer chemistry Metabolic imprinting, the phenomenon by which the metabolism of the...

A rock that sat untouched in a Pennsylvania museum's fossil collection for years has rare full-body imprints of not just one, but three, ancient amphibians.Researchers found the imprints in sandstone rocks collected in eastern Pennsylvania decades ago and stored in the museum in Reading, Pa....

The rapper had everyone talking last week when he signed with Def Jam and now the streets are buzzing again with the news that Nas will release his first album under his Def Jam contract, on his own imprint called the Jones Experience. "I've...

Greg Oden didn't dominate the stat sheet, but his imprint was all over Ohio State's sixth straight win.The 7-foot center had just nine points, six rebounds and two blocks in No. 4 Ohio State's 78-60 win over Purdue on Wednesday night, but he found other...

“There’s nobody who has had more tangible, visible effect on the newspaper you see when you pick up The New York Times every day than Al Siegal,” Craig Whitney said. Al Siegal—Allan M. Siegal—retired on May 12, shortly after turning 66 (the mandatory masthead...