X-chromosome in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for X-chromosome in the Italian»English Dictionary

X-chromosome in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for X-chromosome in the English»Italian Dictionary

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This is due to the fact that, typically, females have two copies of the X-chromosome, while males have only one copy.
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In both cases, the probability to transfer the X-chromosome affected to the descendants is 50%.
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And because a son does not pass his X-chromosome to his male progeny, paternal grandmothers have zero X-chromosome relatedness to their grandsons.
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The time period for X-chromosome inactivation explains this disparity.
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This is because women have two copies of the X-chromosome, which holds genes linked to light-sensitive proteins.
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This means paternal grandmothers are 50% X-chromosome related to their granddaughters.
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The malformation is seen only in females, as the gene is found on the X-chromosome.
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It is understood that X-chromosome inactivation is a random process, occurring at about the time of gastrulation in the epiblast (cells that will give rise to the embryo).
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In another species, the X-chromosome contains 20% of the genome.
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Finally, if none of those options are available, there is an unusual pattern of nonrandom X-chromosome inactivation on lymphocytes in carriers, thus looking for such inactivation would prove useful.
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