X-inactivation

inactivation of copies of X chromosome
Intangible biological_process Q898914
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X-inactivation

Summary

X-inactivation is a biological process[1]. X-inactivation draws 147 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #149 of 442).[2]

Key Facts

  • X-inactivation is credited with the discovery of Mary F. Lyon[3].
  • X-inactivation's instance of is recorded as biological process[4].
  • X-inactivation's subclass of is recorded as dosage compensation[5].
  • X-inactivation's Commons category is recorded as X chromosome inactivation[6].
  • X-inactivation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/056d87[7].
  • X-inactivation's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as x-chromosome-inactivation[8].
  • X-inactivation's Store medisinske leksikon ID is recorded as X-kromosominaktivering[9].
  • X-inactivation's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 4323932[10].
  • X-inactivation's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2910623323[11].
  • X-inactivation's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C4323932[12].

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Works and Contributions

X-inactivation is credited with the discovery of Mary F. Lyon[3].

Why It Matters

X-inactivation draws 147 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #149 of 442).[2] X-inactivation has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] X-inactivation is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_x-inactivation_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{X-inactivation}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/x-inactivation}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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