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viernes, 8 de abril de 2011

Mosaicism


Cells of same type express genes differently, so phenotypic differences emerge in same type of tissue. E.g., occurs by X chromosome inactivation in female mammals; also by nondisjunction in any cell after fertilization (only descendants of altered cell inherit the abnormal chromosome number).

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