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X-inactivation: a standalone construct

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X-inactivation1 CONSTRUCTX-inactivationLYON · GENETICS

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Genetics

the silencing of one of the two X chromosomes in each cell of female mammals, chosen at random early in development.

In genetics, X-inactivation refers to the silencing of one of the two X chromosomes in each cell of female mammals, chosen at random early in development. This meaning comes from Lyon (1961) in Nature.[1]

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References

  1. Lyon, M. F. (1961). Gene Action in the X-chromosome of the Mouse (Mus musculus L.). Nature, 190(4773), 372-373. https://doi.org/10.1038/190372a0

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