X-chromosome inactivation is mostly random in placental tissues of female monozygotic twins and triplets

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 209-215

  Bamforth, Fiona ^a,b   Machin, Geoffrey ^a   Innes, Micheil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

dichorionic; monochorionic; monozygotic; triplets; twins; X chromosome inactivation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

AMNION; CHORION; DNA; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; METHYLATION; PREGNANCY; TRIPLETS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0030043923     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960122)61:3<209::AID-AJMG4>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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