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So is it wrongheaded to think all women are a bit of a chimera, then? It would seem females would benefit for the most part from this chromosomal arrangement h

So is it wrongheaded to think all women are a bit of a chimera, then? It would seem females would benefit for the most part from this chromosomal arrangement healthwise than males, more diversity.

echelon 10y ago
That term is reserved for organisms comprised of cells that derived from two or more zygotes, but you've definitely got the right line of thinking. Some of the cells of a female will express the genes from one of the X chromosomes, whereas the rest will utilize the other. It certainly can lessen the ill effects of certain X-linked diseases. Some of the other posters in the thread already mentioned calico cat fur coloration. The underlying mechanism is the textbook example of Barr body inactivation. You should check it out on Wikipedia.