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What process in females balances the inequality of having a double dose of every gene carried on the X chromosome and leads to the expression of the paternal X allele in some cells and the maternal X allele in other cells?Multiple ChoicePleiotropyX-linked crossing overFragile X syndromeX inactivation

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What process in females balances the inequality of having a double dose of every gene carried on the X chromosome and leads to the expression of the paternal X allele in some cells and the maternal X allele in other cells?Multiple ChoicePleiotropyX-linked crossing overFragile X syndromeX inactivation

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The process in females that balances the inequality of having a double dose of every gene carried on the X chromosome and leads to the expression of the paternal X allele in some cells and the maternal X allele in other cells is X inactivation.

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