Fragile‐X mutation proposed to block complete reactivation in females of an inactive X chromosome

1 May 1988

journal article
Published by Wiley in American Journal of Medical Genetics

Vol. 30 (1-2) , 693-696
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.1320300171

Abstract

I discuss two aspects of my proposal that fra(X) chromosomes exist in two states, imprinted and non‐imprinted: why do males not imprint the fra(X); does the “Sherman paradox” rule out my proposal?

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