Karyotype-phenotype correlation in females with X chromosome abnormalities.

doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb52164.x

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Karyotype-phenotype correlation in females with X chromosome abnormalities.

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 17 Jun 1997

Kosmaidou-Aravidou Z

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In mammals, females have a pair of X chromosomes, whereas males have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome, which is much smaller and contains fewer genes than a X chromosome. One of the pair of X chromosomes is inactivated in females. The inactivated X chromosome is late-replicating, heterochrom...

Topics

Female
Humans
Karyotyping
Phenotype
Sex Chromosome Aberrations
X Chromosome

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