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CURRENT BIOLOGY
Volume 16, Issue 2, Pages 166-172Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.11.071
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Mammalian male preimplantation embryos develop more quickly than females [1, 2]. Using enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-tagged X chromosomes to identify the sex of the embryos, we compared gene expression patterns between male and female mouse blastocysts by DNA microarray. We detected nearly 600 genes with statistically significant sex-linked expression; most differed by 2-fold or less. Of 11 genes showing greater than 2.5-fold differences, four were expressed exclusively or nearly exclusively sex dependently. Two genes (Dby and Eif2s3y) were mapped to the Y chromosome and were expressed in male blastocysts. The remaining two (Rhox5/Pem and Xist) were mapped to the X chromosome and were predominantly expressed in female blastocysts. Moreover, Rhox5/Pem was predominantly expressed from the paternally inherited X chromosome , indicating sex differences in early epigenetic gene regulation.
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