Dosage compensation of Z sex chromosome genes in avian fibroblast cells

In birds, sex is genetically determined; however, the molecular mechanism is not well-understood. The avian Z sex chromosome (chrZ) lacks whole chromosome inactivation, in contrast to the mammalian chrX. To in...

Source: Genome Biology - September 20, 2023 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Ruslan Deviatiiarov, Hiroki Nagai, Galym Ismagulov, Anastasia Stupina, Kazuhiro Wada, Shinji Ide, Noriyuki Toji, Heng Zhang, Woranop Sukparangsi, Sittipon Intarapat, Oleg Gusev and Guojun Sheng Tags: Short Report Source Type: research