5MECPG EPIGENETIC MARKS NEIGHBORING A PRIMATE-CONSERVED CORE PROMOTER SHORT TANDEM REPEAT INDICATE X-CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION.

5meCpG epigenetic marks neighboring a primate-conserved core promoter short tandem repeat indicate X-chromosome inactivation.

X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) is the epigenetic transcriptional silencing of an X-chromosome during the early stages of embryonic development in female eutherian mammals.XCI assures monoallelic expression in each cell and compensation for dosage-sensitive X-linked genes between females (XX) and males (XY).DNA methylation at the carbon-5 position

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Fish consumption limit for mercury compounds

Background and objectives: Methyl mercury can carry out harmful effects on the reproductive, respiratory, and nervous system of human.Moreover, mercury is known as the most toxic heavy metal in nature.Fish and seafood consumption is the major MeHg exposure route for human.The present study tries to cover researches which have been conducted on merc

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