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The gene that codes for PIGA is located on the X chromosome, which means that only one active copy of the gene for PIGA is present in each cell ( initially, females have two copies, but one is silenced through X-inactivation ).

A common cause in females with heterochromia is X-inactivation, which can result in a number of heterochromatic traits, such as calico cats.

In females, the cells expressing the mutated IKBKG gene due to lyonization selectively die around the time of birth so the X-inactivation is extremely skewed.

In human females ( XX ), one chromosome is inactivated ( see X-inactivation ), resulting in a heterochromatic and largely genetically inactive Barr body.

This phenomenon, which can be observed in the coloration of tortoiseshell cats when females are heterozygous for the X-linked gene, should not be confused with mosaicism, which is a term that specifically refers to differences in the genotype of various cell populations in the same individual ; X-inactivation, which is an epigenetic change that results in a different phenotype, is not a change at the genotypic level.

Since individuals of either sex will receive two copies of every gene in a pseudoautosomal region, no dosage compensation is needed for females, so it is postulated that these regions of DNA have evolved mechanisms to escape X-inactivation.

This gene partially escapes X-inactivation and females normally express higher amounts of the STS enzyme than males.

For people with disorders like trisomy X, where the genotype has three X chromosomes, X-inactivation will inactivate all X chromosomes until there is only one X chromosome active.

As female mammals have two X chromosomes, X-inactivation causes them not to have twice as many X chromosome gene products as males, which only possess a single copy of the X chromosome ( see dosage compensation ).

Some carriers have been noted to have slightly reduced body hair, delayed puberty, and / or tall stature, presumably due to skewed X-inactivation.

True mosaicism should not be mistaken for the phenomenon of X-inactivation, where all cells in an organism have the same genotype, but a different copy of the X chromosome is expressed in different cells, such as in calico cats.

The precise mechanisms that control escape from X-inactivation are not known, but silenced and escape regions have been shown to have distinct chromatin marks.

The reason for the patchwork effect in female cats heterozygous for the O gene ( Oo ) is X-inactivation – one or the other X chromosome in every cell in the embryo is randomly inactivated ( see Barr body ), and the gene in the other X chromosome is expressed.

X-inactivation ( also called lyonization ) is a process by which one of the two copies of the X chromosome present in female mammals is inactivated.

Unlike the random X-inactivation in placental mammals, inactivation in marsupials applies exclusively to the paternally derived X chromosome.

In the early blastocyst, this initial, imprinted X-inactivation is reversed in the cells of the inner cell mass ( which give rise to the embryo ), and in these cells both X chromosomes become active again.

X-inactivation is reversed in the female germline, so that all oocytes contain an active X chromosome.

The X-inactivation center ( XIC ) on the X chromosome is necessary and sufficient to cause X-inactivation.

Theoretically, X-inactivation should eliminate the differences in gene dosage between affected individuals and individuals with a normal chromosome complement, but in affected individuals the dosage of these non-silenced genes will differ as they escape X-inactivation.

This phenomenon is called X-inactivation or Lyonization, and creates a Barr body.

DNMT1 is essential for proper embryonic development, imprinting and X-inactivation.

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The biological basis for this phenomenon is X-inactivation of heterozygotic alleles for retinal pigment genes, which is the same mechanism that gives the majority of female new-world monkeys trichromatic vision.

This variability is thought to be due to X-inactivation patterns during embryonic development of the female.

Fabry disease is indicated when associated symptoms are present, and can be diagnosed by a blood test to measure the level of alpha-galactosidase activity, however this may be misleading in female carriers due to the random nature of X-inactivation.

Female carriers of an X-linked recessive condition, such as DMD, can show symptoms depending on their pattern of X-inactivation.

Mosaicism also results from a phenomenon known as X-inactivation.

The coloration of Tortoiseshell cat | tortoiseshell and calico cat s is a visible manifestation of X-inactivation.

The Lyon hypothesis became the Lyon Law on July 22, 2011 at the EMBO 50-years of X-inactivation conference in Oxford.

The XIC contains four non-translated RNA genes, Xist, Tsix, Jpx and Ftx, which are involved in X-inactivation.

This apparently ensures her physical well-being rather than preventing extra-pair copulations, as neighboring males will stray through each other's territory to snatch a quick fling with the resident females.

While this system ensures that there will always be a mating couple when two animals of the same species are present, it could potentially decrease genetic variance in a population, for example if the females remain in a single male's territory.

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