Difference between random and imprinted X inactivation in common voles.
During early development in female mammals, most genes on one of the two X-chromosomes undergo transcriptional silencing. In the extraembryonic lineages of some eutherian species, imprinted X-inactivation of the paternal X-chromosome occurs. In the cells of the embryo proper, the choice of the futur...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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