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    (skewed X-inactivation). Unlike the random X-inactivation in placental mammals, inactivation in marsupials applies exclusively to the paternally-derived X chromosome...
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  • Skewed X-chromosome inactivation (skewed X-inactivation) occurs when the X-inactivation of one X chromosome is favored over the other, leading to an uneven...
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    parent. X inactivation is a major factor in pentasomy X. X inactivation is the process through which genes in second (or higher) copies of the X chromosome...
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    the phenotype, although differences in X-chromosome inactivation (known as skewed X-inactivation) can lead to varying degrees of clinical expression in...
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    Sex linkage (redirect from X-linked)
    skewed X-inactivation, in which the normal process of inactivating half of the female body's X chromosomes preferably targets a certain parent's X chromosome...
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  • investigators, that one of the X chromosomes underwent inactivation. In 1961, Mary Lyon proposed the random inactivation of one female X chromosome to explain...
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    XIST (category Genes on human chromosome X)
    that became a pseudogene. The inactive X chromosome is coated with this transcript, which is essential for the inactivation. X chromosomes lacking Xist will...
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    These include random inactivation of one female X chromosome (as observed in humans and Mus musculus; this is called X-inactivation), a two-fold increase...
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    mammals with more than one X chromosome, the genes on all but one X chromosome are not expressed; this is known as X inactivation. This happens in XXY males...
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    2014) was an English geneticist best known for her discovery of X-chromosome inactivation, an important biological phenomenon. Mary Lyon was born on 15...
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  • killed RNA interference, also called RNA inactivation, a system that regulates the activity of genes X-inactivation, also called lyonization, a process by...
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    of X-inactivation, in which one of the X chromosomes is turned off at random in each cell in very early embryonic development. The inactivated X becomes...
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    in the X inactivation process, Xist and Tsix. The centre also appears to be important in chromosome counting: ensuring that random inactivation only takes...
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    determined the Barr bodies were X chromosomes. In 1961, Mary Lyon proposed the concept of X-inactivation: when one of the two X chromosomes inside a female...
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    X chromosomes is permanently inactivated in nearly all somatic cells (cells other than egg and sperm cells). This phenomenon is called X-inactivation...
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    X chromosome inactivation (XCI) is the phenomenon that has been selected during the evolution to balance X-linked gene dosage between XX females and XY...
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  • biology, in particular focussing on X-chromosome inactivation, which occurs when one of the two copies of the X chromosomes in female mammals is inactivated...
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    Trisomy X include incomplete X-chromosome inactivation, and corresponding changes to DNA methylation and gene expression across the entire genome. X-inactivation...
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    although they are generally less affected than males due to variability in X-inactivation. Large, protruding ears (both) Long face (vertical maxillary excess)...
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  • different markings for their X inactivation. Through histone methylation, there is genetic imprinting, so that the same X homolog stays inactivated through...
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    phenotype is usually similar to Turner syndrome (45,X0) due to a lack of X inactivation. The typical medical treatment is hormone replacement therapy. The syndrome...
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  • and short stature. X chromosomes in females undergo a process known as X inactivation. X inactivation is when one of the two X chromosomes in females...
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    The difference in hair coloration between CC and Rainbow is due to X-inactivation and epigenetic re-programming, which normally occurs in a fertilized...
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    be dependent on which X chromosome is made inactivate. Typical XX females undergo X inactivation during which one copy of the X chromosome is silenced...
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    contain the abnormality. When X-inactivation is skewed, more than 50% of one X chromosome are becoming inactive, and if that X-chromosome is passed to a male...
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    Turner syndrome (redirect from 45,X)
    regions, which are typically spared from X-inactivation. In mosaic individuals, cells with X monosomy (45,X) may occur along with cells that are normal...
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    Tsix (category Genes on human chromosome X)
    X chromosome inactivation. The name Tsix comes from the reverse of Xist, which stands for X-inactive specific transcript. Female mammals have two X chromosomes...
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    deficiency (dependent on the degree of inactivation of the unaffected X chromosome – see Skewed X-inactivation), homozygous females have been described;...
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    room temperature, where most virus inactivation steps in biopharmaceutical manufacturing are conducted, both Triton X-100 reduced and Nereid showed similar...
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  • “escape” X-chromosome inactivation, being expressed from the (otherwise) inactive X chromosome, as well as the molecular characterization of the X-inactivation...
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