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Lack of global meiotic sex chromosome inactivation, and paucity of tissue-specific gene expression on the Drosophila X chromosome

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Title
Lack of global meiotic sex chromosome inactivation, and paucity of tissue-specific gene expression on the Drosophila X chromosome
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BMC Biology, May 2011
DOI 10.1186/1741-7007-9-29
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Lyudmila M Mikhaylova, Dmitry I Nurminsky

Abstract

Paucity of male-biased genes on the Drosophila X chromosome is a well-established phenomenon, thought to be specifically linked to the role of these genes in reproduction and/or their expression in the meiotic male germline. In particular, meiotic sex chromosome inactivation (MSCI) has been widely considered a driving force behind depletion of spermatocyte-biased X-linked genes in Drosophila by analogy with mammals, even though the existence of global MCSI in Drosophila has not been proven.

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Country Count As %
United States 2 4%
Japan 1 2%
India 1 2%
Germany 1 2%
Unknown 52 91%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 17 30%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 23%
Student > Master 7 12%
Professor > Associate Professor 5 9%
Student > Bachelor 4 7%
Other 6 11%
Unknown 5 9%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 37 65%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 12 21%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 2%
Social Sciences 1 2%
Unknown 6 11%