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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Barbara R Migeon |
| ISBN: | 0195188128 9780195188127 |
| OCLC Number: | 65617406 |
| Description: | xi, 271 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction; PART I. BACKGROUND; 1. Sex Differences in Disease; 2. Evolution of the Human Sex Chromosomes and a Portrait of the Human X; 3. X Chromosome Dosage Compensation: An Overview; 4. The Discovery of X Chromosome Inactivation; 5. Experimental Models for X Inactivation Studies; PART II. THEMES AND VARIATIONS OF X INACTIVATION; 6. Theme 1: The Initial Steps - Creating the Active and Inactive X; 7. Theme 2: The Subsequent Steps - Spreading and Maintaining Inactivation; 8. Variations 1: Stability of the Inactive X; 9. Variations 2: Choice of Active X; PART III. MEDICAL CONSEQUENCES OF X INACTIVATION; 10. The Single Active X; 11. Mosaicism; 12. Determinants of Female Phenotypes |
| Other Titles: | X inactivation and sex differences in disease |
| Responsibility: | Barbara R. Migeon. |
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"This book provides a balanced overview of the field to date, allowing newcomers to the field to concentrate on the recent literature necessity...The information in the book is up-to-date and a superb introduction to the entire field for gradutate students and fellows."--Nature
"I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book...This important and enjoyable book should be read by physicians who care for women of all ages."--New England Journal of Medicine
"This book provides a balanced overview of the field to date, allowing newcomers to the field to concentrate on the recent literature necessity...The information in the book is up-to-date and a superb introduction to the entire field for gradutate students and fellows."--Nature
"I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book...This important and enjoyable book should be read by physicians who care for women of all ages."--New England Journal of Medicine
"Migeons eyewitness account of the discovery of X inactivation and the investigation
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- X chromosome.
- Mosaicism.
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- Sex Factors.
- Inaktivierung.
- Pathomechanismus.
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