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Article #561Re: Genetic Mosaic Humans
From: Mark Robert Thorson
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1989 21:37
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1989 21:37
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In the biology text I used in college, it was mentioned that there is a genetic condition which causes the absence of skin hair, and that in some women this can have a sort of patchwork appearance due to different expression of the X-chromosome. In women, one of the two X-chromosomes is not needed, and remains bundled up. (The unused chromosome is easily seen using staining and a microscope. Used as a test for gender, in those cases where it is uncertain.) Because the defective gene is on the X- chromosome, expression of skin hair reveals something like a genetic mosaic, in that it reveals which X-chromosome is being expressed where.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!mmm From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Re: Genetic Mosaic Humans Message-ID: <24831@cup.portal.com> Date: 8 Dec 89 21:37:05 GMT References: <2630003@hpcilzb.HP.COM> <24804@cup.portal.com> Distribution: na Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 9