Sex-differential selection and the evolution of X inactivation strategies.
X inactivation--the transcriptional silencing of one X chromosome copy per female somatic cell--is universal among therian mammals, yet the choice of which X to silence exhibits considerable variation among species. X inactivation strategies can range from strict paternally inherited X inactivation...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-04-01
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| Series: | PLoS Genetics |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3630082?pdf=render |