people with wrong numbers of 83, 180–1, 183–4
physical conformation 83–4
X inactivation 82–4, 86–8, 89, 93–6, 120–1, 180–3
X inactivation centre 84, 88
X0 syndrome 332
xenotransplantation 42–3
Xist gene 84–8
Xist RNA 85–8, 94, 97, 120, 182
XXX syndrome 332
XXY syndrome 332
Y chromosome 80–1, 181–3
yeast, genome size 31–2
zebrafish 98
zygote 64, 104–5
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