Which of the following is true regarding Lyonization?   Question options:   Involves the irreversible supercoiling of one of the two X chromosomes into a Barr Body.   Is a random process that cannot be predicted.   All of the choices are true.   Leaves one active X chromosome in each cell of the female embryo.

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Which of the following is true regarding Lyonization?
 
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Involves the irreversible supercoiling of one of the two X chromosomes into a Barr Body.
 
Is a random process that cannot be predicted.
 

All of the choices are true.

 
Leaves one active X chromosome in each cell of the female embryo.
 
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