Unmasking a role for sex chromosomes in gene silencing

Danielle M. Maatouk,Blanche Capel

Unmasking a role for sex chromosomes in gene silencing

2010

Danielle M. Maatouk
Blanche Capel

Several sexually dimorphic phenotypes correlate with sex-chromosome dosage rather than with phenotypic sex. New research suggests that sex chromosome dimorphism helps to regulate gene silencing.

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Gene silencing
Genetics
Regulation of gene expression
Gene expression profiling
Gene dosage
Sex characteristics
Human genetics
Sexual dimorphism
Chromosome
Biology

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