X Chromosome Inactivation

Medical Dictionary -> X Chromosome Inactivation

X Chromosome Inactivation


A dosage compensation process occurring at an early embryonic stage in mammalian development whereby, at random, one X CHROMOSOME of the pair is repressed in the somatic cells of females.


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