X chromosome
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As the researchers discovered, X-chromosome inactivation can lead to autoimmune disorders, but other factors can also cause these disorders -- which is why men sometimes develop them.
From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024
Performing that so-called X-chromosome inactivation is a special type of RNA called Xist, pronounced like “exist.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2024
His team is studying the handful of X-chromosome genes now known to be more active in females than in males.
From Nature • Feb. 17, 2015
The ABC bears, as they’re called, look outwardly like brown bears, but their mitochondrial DNA comes from polar bears, as does a portion of their X-chromosome.
From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2014
But among the males, the odd chromosome, also known as the X-chromosome, can perforce go only into half of the sperm cells, leaving the others without it.
From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.
