A paternally imprinted X chromosome retards the development of the early mouse embryo.

doi:10.1242/dev.118.1.171

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A paternally imprinted X chromosome retards the development of the early mouse embryo.

Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 May 1993

Thornhill A R, Burgoyne P S

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It has previously been shown that XO mouse fetuses with a paternally derived X chromosome (Xp) are developmentally retarded and consequently smaller than their XX sibs, and that XX fetuses are retarded when compared with their XY sibs. The genetic basis for these early XO-XX and XX-XY differences...

Topics

Animals
Body Weight
Chromosome Aberrations
Embryonic and Fetal Development
Female
Genotype
Male
Mice
Mice, Mutant Strains
X Chromosome

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