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Random X inactivation in the mule and horse placenta.
Genome research - 1 Oct 2012
Wang Xu, Miller Donald C, Clark Andrew G, Antczak Douglas F
Abstract excerpt
In eutherian mammals, dosage compensation of X-linked genes is achieved by X chromosome inactivation. X inactivation is random in embryonic and adult tissues, but imprinted X inactivation (paternal X silencing) has been identified in the extra-embryonic membranes of the mouse, rat, and cow. Few o...
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