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Review Advances in the identification and analysis of allele-specific expression Christopher G Bell and Stephan Beck Address: Medical Genomics, University College London Cancer Institute, Huntley Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. Correspondence: Stephan Beck. Email: s.beck@ucl.ac.uk Published: 29 May 2009 Genome Medicine 2009, 1:56 (doi:10.1186/gm56) The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at /content/1/5/56 ? 2009 BioMed Central Ltd Abstract Allele-specific expression (ASE) is essential for normal development and many cellular processes but, if im