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X-chromosome

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X-chromosome
n.
The sex chromosome associated with female characteristics, occurring paired in the female and singly in the male sex-chromosome pair.


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gambiae to characterize the whole X-chromosome for different gene compositions and fine-scale study of each individual genes of known function.
During embryo development, in a step necessary to survival, one of the X chromosomes is silenced in each female cell to ensure that the levels of X-derived products are equalized in XX females and XY males, via a process known as X-Chromosome Inactivation (XCI).
David Nelson, an X-chromosome expert at the Baylor College of Medicine, described the map produced by Schlessinger's team as a ``tour de force.
 
 
 
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