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Unmasking a role for sex chromosomes in gene silencing

Several sexually dimorphic phenotypes correlate with sex-chromosome dosage rather than with phenotypic sex. New research suggests that sex chromosome dimorphism helps to regulate gene silencing.

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Autores principales: Maatouk, Danielle M, Capel, Blanche
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2965378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20875148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2010-11-9-134
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spelling pubmed-29653782011-09-27 Unmasking a role for sex chromosomes in gene silencing Maatouk, Danielle M Capel, Blanche Genome Biol Research Highlight Several sexually dimorphic phenotypes correlate with sex-chromosome dosage rather than with phenotypic sex. New research suggests that sex chromosome dimorphism helps to regulate gene silencing. BioMed Central 2010 2010-09-27 /pmc/articles/PMC2965378/ /pubmed/20875148 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2010-11-9-134 Text en Copyright ©2010 BioMed Central Ltd
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title_short Unmasking a role for sex chromosomes in gene silencing
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2965378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20875148
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