random inactivation of X chromosome
id: GO:0060816
name: random inactivation of X chromosome
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: Compensating for the two-fold variation in X-chromosome:autosome ratios between sexes by a global inactivation of all, or most of, the genes on either the paternal or maternal X-chromosome in the XX sex.
Parent Functions
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GO:0009048 | dosage compensation, by inactivation of X chromosome |