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Term sex-chromosome dosage compensation ID (Ontology) GO:0007549 (Gene Ontology)
Definition Compensating for the variation in the unpaired sex chromosome:autosome chromosome ratios between sexes by activation or inactivation of genes on one or both of the sex chromosomes.[ PubMed:11498577 PubMed:30049999 PubMed:35306885 ]
Also Known As"sex chromosome dosage compensation"
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chromatin remodeling___________
regulation of gene expression__|
                               epigenetic regulation of gene expression
                                |__sex-chromosome dosage compensation  27 rec.
                                    |__dosage compensation by hyperactivation of X chromosome 25 rec.
                                    |__dosage compensation by hypoactivation of X chromosome
                                    |__dosage compensation by inactivation of X chromosome
                                    |   |__inactivation of paternal X chromosome by genomic imprinting
                                    |   |__random inactivation of X chromosome
                                    |__dosage compensation complex assembly 2 rec.
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Is a epigenetic regulation of gene expression
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  • "dosage compensation" BROAD
    "sex chromosome dosage compensation" EXACT
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Wikipedia:Sex-chromosome_dosage_compensation