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Dosage compensation is less effective in birds than in mammals
BACKGROUND: In animals with heteromorphic sex chromosomes, dosage compensation of sex-chromosome genes is thought to be critical for species survival. Diverse molecular mechanisms have evolved to effectively balance the expressed dose of X-linked genes between XX and XY animals, and to balance expre...
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BioMed Central
2007
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2373894/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17352797 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol53 |