tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post292954978312746864..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: Epigenetics and the Calico CatLarry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-1114317777482735522010-01-21T08:34:45.767-05:002010-01-21T08:34:45.767-05:00If this happens as early as in the 20-cell-stage, ...If this happens as early as in the 20-cell-stage, the ovaries should have essentially all the same X active. Do the Barr bodies get unpacked completely during meiosis, or is there a correlation between the Xs of the offspring?Ralf Muschallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04261178237250734174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-77313037538575587912010-01-19T16:36:18.259-05:002010-01-19T16:36:18.259-05:00TwoYaks says,
If x-inactivation is now considered...TwoYaks says,<br /><br /><i>If x-inactivation is now considered "epigenetic," the term has become so wish-washy and overly broad that it has ceased to have any meaning.</i><br /><br />I agree.<br /> <br>Larry Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-84005572420696249952010-01-19T13:12:24.333-05:002010-01-19T13:12:24.333-05:00If x-inactivation is now considered "epigenet...If x-inactivation is now considered "epigenetic," the term has become so wish-washy and overly broad that it has ceased to have any meaning. I can understand some variation in terminology, but this is reaching absurd heights.TwoYakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18004999495564178762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-11310774034883614202010-01-18T20:18:28.852-05:002010-01-18T20:18:28.852-05:00Maybe a dispermic embryo, giving rise to an XX/XY ...Maybe a dispermic embryo, giving rise to an XX/XY chimera.RaulFelixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-24244282332412340082010-01-18T18:17:45.585-05:002010-01-18T18:17:45.585-05:00could be chimericcould be chimericUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12818656638925379779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-18890742610823028032010-01-18T16:07:04.217-05:002010-01-18T16:07:04.217-05:00XXY cat? Does that count as male in cats? It doe...XXY cat? Does that count as male in cats? It does in humans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com