X Chromosome Inactivation

"X Chromosome Inactivation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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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Bar chart showing 2 publications over 2 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 2006 and 2022
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