Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements about dosage compensation is false?
A) X chromosome inactivation is a random event in each somatic (body) cell of the female embryo.
B) Each X chromosome carries a genetic region called the X chromosome inactivation center (XIC) .
C) Male fruit flies accomplish this by making their single X chromosome more active.
D) Dosage compensation is a mechanism that makes equivalent the two doses in the male and the single dose in the female.
E) Because of dosage compensation, males and females produce the same amounts of proteins.
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