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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777823503321

Autore

Migeon Barbara R

Titolo

Females are mosaics [[electronic resource] ] : X inactivation and sex differences in disease / / Barbara R. Migeon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-19-770667-3

1-281-16268-X

0-19-972006-1

1-4294-8700-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 271 p., [8] p. of plates ) : ill. (some col.)

Disciplina

616/.042

Soggetti

X chromosome

Mosaicism

Sex determination, Genetic

Sex-linkage (Genetics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-257) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

'Females are Mosaics' focuses on the X chromosome as a key to female development and the role of X-related factors in the etiology of sex differences in human disease.