Cheating’ X chromosome (IMAGE)

University of British Columbia

Cheating’ X chromosome

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Imaging shows the enlarged heterochromatic arm of the ‘cheating’ X chromosome (red arrow) compared to its normal counterparts (white arrow).

Credit

Emmanuel Gonzalez-Sqalli and Benjamin Loppin, Laboratoire de Biologie et Modélisation de la Cellule, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

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