Human Male Meiotic Sex Chromosome Inactivation

In mammalian male gametogenesis the sex chromosomes are distinctive in both gene activity and epigenetic strategy. At first meiotic prophase the heteromorphic X and Y chromosomes are placed in a separate chromatin domain called the XY body. In this process, X,Y chromatin becomes highly phosphorylate...

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Main Authors: de Vries, Marieke, Vosters, Sanne, Merkx, Gerard, D'Hauwers, Kathleen, Wansink, Derick G., Ramos, Liliana, de Boer, Peter
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3280304/