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  • Institution/s: Universidad de Valladolid, Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
  • Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
  • Identification number: 145
  • Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
  • Author/s: Ana MUÑOZ GASCÓN, Bianca CONSTANTINESCU, Isaac MORENO RUIZ, María Eugenia HERRERAS
  • Creation / modification date: 01-02-2014
  • Term: X chromosome
  • Gramatical category: s
  • Definition: One of the two sex chromosomes in humans (the other is the Y chromosome).
  • Context: In female mammals, most genes on one X chromosome are silenced as a result of X-chromosome inactivation.
  • Weighting mark: nor
  • Sources:
    • Term: ZSCHOCKE, Schaaf (2013). Basiswissen Humangenetik. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 25.
    • Definition: SEYFFERT, Willhelm (2003). Lehrbuch der Genetik. Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 264.
    • Context: ZSCHOCKE, Schaaf (2013). Basiswissen Humangenetik. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 22.
  • Images:
    • X chromosome
      http://www.farmaconsejos.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cromosoma_x.jpg
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