Xistential crisis: Discovery shows there's more to the story in silencing X chromosomes
Friday, January 8, 2016 - 14:43
in Psychology & Sociology
Nearly every girl and woman on Earth carries two X chromosomes in nearly every one of her cells—but one of them does (mostly) nothing. That's because it's been silenced, keeping most of its DNA locked up and unread like a book in a cage.