Genetics: A Conceptual Approach
Genetics: A Conceptual Approach
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781319050962
Author: Benjamin A. Pierce
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 21.3, Problem 15COQ
Summary Introduction

To describe:

The molecular processes that cause one X-chromosome in each cell to be active and the other X-chromosome to be inactivated.

Introduction:

X-chromosome is a sex chromosome in humans and other mammals. Female mammals possess two X-chromosomes and male mammals have only one X-chromosome. The inactivation of one of the X-chromosome in females is termed as X-inactivation.

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