In humans and other mammals, dosage compensation is achieved by:

A. males transcribing double the normal
amount of copies of X-chromosome genes.
B. females decreasing transcription of both X
chromosomes by ½.
C. females eliminating one X chromosome in
each cell.
D. females inactivating the paternal X
chromosome in each cell.
E. females randomly inactivating one X
chromosome in each cell.


E

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