Term Information

Accession
GO:0000805
Name
X chromosome
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The sex chromosome present in both sexes of species in which the male is the heterogametic sex. Two copies of the X chromosome are present in each somatic cell of females and one copy is present in males. Source: ISBN:0582227089, Wikipedia:XY_sex-determination_system, PMID:20622855, GOC:mah, GOC:mr
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0000805 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of X chromosome (GO:0000805)
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X chromosome [is_a relation] is_a  sex chromosome (GO:0000803)
Children of X chromosome (GO:0000805)
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Barr body (GO:0001740) [is_a relation] is_a  X chromosome
X chromosome located dosage compensation complex, transcription activating (GO:0016456) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  X chromosome
Wikipedia
X_chromosome