X-inactivation
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x-inactivation-228-2211522
title:
X-inactivation
text:
X-inactivation is a process by which one of the copies of the X chromosome is inactivated in therian female mammals. The inactive X chromosome is silenced by being packaged into a transcriptionally inactive structure called heterochromatin. As nearly all female mammals have two X chromosomes, X-inactivation prevents them from having twice as many X chromosome gene products as males, who only possess a single copy of the X chromosome. The choice of which X chromosome will be inactivated in a part
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Inactivation of copies of X chromosome
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-inactivation
date created:
2005-02-14T00:42:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T03:09:56Z
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