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GO: Biological Process

inactivation of paternal X chromosome by genomic imprinting

Term ID
GO:0060818
Synonyms
  • inactivation of paternal X chromosome by genetic imprinting
  • iXCI
Definition
Compensating for the two-fold variation in X-chromosome:autosome ratios between sexes by a global inactivation of all, or most of, the genes on the paternal X-chromosome in the XX sex by genomic imprinting. (4)
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Ontology
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