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Different rules hold for X chromosome inactivation (Lyon 1961) in mammalian cells of early embryonic, gonadal or somatic origin. In preimplantation female embryos both X chromosomes are active. After implantation, however, the paternally derived X is preferentially inactivated in extraembryonic tissues while the random inactivation of either paternal or maternal X occurs in primitive ectoderm which gives rise to the embryo proper later on (for recent review see West 1982).
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Forejt, J. (1984). X-inactivation and its role in male sterility. In: Bennett, M.D., Gropp, A., Wolf, U. (eds) Chromosomes Today. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9163-3_11
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