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Independent Evolution of Transcriptional Inactivation on Sex Chromosomes in Birds and Mammals

X chromosome inactivation in eutherian mammals has been thought to be tightly controlled, as expected from a mechanism that compensates for the different dosage of X-borne genes in XX females and XY males. However, many X genes escape inactivation in humans, inactivation of the X in marsupials is pa...

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Autores principales: Livernois, Alexandra M., Waters, Shafagh A., Deakin, Janine E., Marshall Graves, Jennifer A., Waters, Paul D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3715422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23874231
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003635