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skewed X inactivation: a standalone construct

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Human genetics

a departure from the expected even split of cells silencing the maternal or paternal X, measured as the proportion of cells using one parental X.

In human genetics, skewed X inactivation refers to a departure from the expected even split of cells silencing the maternal or paternal X, measured as the proportion of cells using one parental X. This meaning comes from Amos-Landgraf (2006) in The American Journal of Human Genetics.[1]

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References

Amos-Landgraf, J. M., Cottle, A., Plenge, R. M., Friez, M., Schwartz, C. E., Longshore, J., & Willard, H. F. (2006). X Chromosome–Inactivation Patterns of 1,005 Phenotypically Unaffected Females. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 79(3), 493-499. https://doi.org/10.1086/507565

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