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Summary Of: X chromosome
The X chromosome was named for its unique properties by early researchers... The X chromosome spans more than 153 million... and females retain their second X chromosome from their father... Since the father retains his X chromosome from his mother... a human female has one X chromosome from her paternal grandmother... and one X chromosome from her mother... The X chromosome contains about 2000... in genes on the X chromosome are described as... The X chromosome carries a couple thousand genes but few... have one functional copy of the X chromosome in each body cell... of one or more extra copies of the X chromosome in a male... Extra genetic material from the X chromosome interferes with male sexual development... s syndrome have one extra copy of the X chromosome in each cell... s syndrome can also result from an extra X chromosome in only some of the body... syndrome results from an extra copy of the X chromosome in each of a female... s cells has one normal X chromosome and the other sex chromosome is missing or altered... s body has only one copy of the X chromosome instead of the usual two copies... the other genes of the X chromosome cause feminization as well... Encyclodia Page On: X chromosome
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