Article
Variation in regulation of steroid sulphatase locus in mammals.
Nature - 1 Jan 2000
Crocker M, Craig I
Abstract excerpt
Inactivation (lyonization) of one of the two copies of X-linked genes occurs in female mammals, thereby reducing the number of active copies to that of the male. It has been suggested that genes subject to lyonization would be expected to be preserved as a linkage group during mammalian evolution...
Topics
- Animals
- Chromosome Mapping
- Crosses, Genetic
- Female
- Genes
- Genetic Variation
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Pregnancy
- Sex Chromosomes
- Steryl-Sulfatase
- Sulfatases