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Females Are Mosaics: X Inactivation and Sex Differences in Disease
Females Are Mosaics X Inactivation and Sex Differences in Disease
Author: Barbara Migeon
Women can be described as genetic mosaics because they have two distinctly different types of cells throughout their bodies. Unlike males, who have one X chromosome (inherited from their mother), females have two X chromosomes in every cell (one from each parent). The fathers copy works in some cells, while the mothers copy works in others. The...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195188127
ISBN-10: 0195188128
Publication Date: 3/15/2007
Pages: 296
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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