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A historical perspective on ideas on X-chromosome inactivation

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The phenomenon of X-chromosome inactivation in female mammals -- X-chromosome inactivation as a dosage compensation mechanism for equalising the dosage of X-linked gene products in XY males and XX females in somatic cells -- inactivity of either the maternal or paternal X-chromosome in different cells in eutherian mammals -- preferential inactivation of paternal X in the placenta of mice and in all cells of marsupials -- initiation of the process from an X-inactivation centre -- discovery of the key gene, Xist -- the concept of initiation and maintenance of X-inactivation as separate processes -- histone modifications and methylation of CpG islands as maintenance mechanisms -- inactivation in autosomal and X-chromosomal DNA -- LINE1s as booster elements on the X-chromosome.…”
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