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Female Meiotic Sex Chromosome Inactivation in Chicken
During meiotic prophase in male mammals, the heterologous X and Y chromosomes remain largely unsynapsed, and meiotic sex chromosome inactivation (MSCI) leads to formation of the transcriptionally silenced XY body. In birds, the heterogametic sex is female, carrying Z and W chromosomes (ZW), whereas...
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Public Library of Science
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2678266/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19461881 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000466 |