Escape from X inactivation in human and mouse.

doi:10.1016/s0168-9525(00)88981-7

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Escape from X inactivation in human and mouse.

Trends in genetics : TIG - 1 Jan 1995

Disteche C M

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Genes that escape X inactivation have been recently found in human and in mouse. Although many of these genes have homologues on the Y chromosome that may compensate for expression from both X alleles in females, some have no Y homologues, and this presumably results in dosage differences between...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Biological Evolution
Chromosome Mapping
Female
Gene Expression Regulation
Hominidae
Humans
Male
Mice
Sex Characteristics
Species Specificity
X Chromosome
Y Chromosome

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