A new sex-specific underlying mechanism for female schizophrenia: accelerated skewed X chromosome inactivation | Biology of Sex Differences | Full Text

A new sex-specific underlying mechanism for female schizophrenia: accelerated skewed X chromosome inactivation | Biology of Sex Differences | Full Text

A new sex-specific underlying mechanism for female schizophrenia: accelerated skewed X chromosome inactivation

X chromosome inactivation (XCI) is the mechanism by which the X-linked gene dosage is adjusted between the sexes. Evidence shows that many sex-specific diseases have their basis in X chromosome biology. While ...

Authors:Xinzhu Zhang, Yuhong Li, Lei Ma, Guofu Zhang, Min Liu, Chuanyue Wang, Yi Zheng and Rena Li

Citation:Biology of Sex Differences 2020 11:39

Content type:Research

 

Published on: 17 July 2020

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