We present statistical mechanics models to understand the physical and molecular mechanisms of X-Chromosome … Inactivation (XCI), the process whereby a female mammal cell inactivates one of its two X-chromosomes. During XCI, X …

X-Chromosome inactivation is the process whereby one of the two X-chromosomes in female cells is silenced to prevent … Prisco [Mario Nicodemi, Antonella Prisco, Symmetry breaking model for x-chromosome inactivation, Phs. Rev. Lett. 98 (2007 …