X-Chromosome Inactivation Involves ______

question 47

Multiple Choice

X-chromosome inactivation involves ______.

• A) the silencing of one X chromosome in each of the cells of human females
• B) an error in prenatal gender differentiation
• C) the process by which the X chromosome is turned off in all cells of human males
• D) a process that occurs in the testes but not in the ovaries

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