In Humans and Other Mammals, Dosage Compensation Is Achieved By

question 73

Multiple Choice

In humans and other mammals, dosage compensation is achieved by:

• A)males transcribing twice the normal amount of copies of X-chromosome genes.
• B)females decreasing transcription of both X chromosomes by half.
• C)females eliminating one X chromosome in each cell.
• D)females inactivating the paternal X chromosome in each cell.
• E)females randomly inactivating one X chromosome in each cell.

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