dosage compensation
id: GO:0007549
name: dosage compensation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: Compensating for the two-fold variation in X:autosome chromosome ratios between sexes by a global activation or inactivation of all, or most of, genes on one or both of the X chromosomes.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0009047 | dosage compensation, by hyperactivation of X chromosome |
| GO:0009048 | dosage compensation, by inactivation of X chromosome |
| GO:0042464 | dosage compensation, by hypoactivation of X chromosome |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0040029 | regulation of gene expression, epigenetic |
