A longitudinal twin study of skewed X chromosome-inactivation.
X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) is a pivotal epigenetic mechanism involved in the dosage compensation of X-linked genes between males and females. In any given cell, the process of XCI in early female development is thought to be random across alleles and clonally maintained once established. Recent...
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| Format: | Article |
| Sprog: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-03-01
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| Serier: | PLoS ONE |
| Online adgang: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3062559?pdf=render |