Multiple Choice
Which, if any, of the following statements is incorrect?
A) In X-chromosome inactivation the inactivated X chromosome is epigenetically silenced by a transcript, the XIST RNA, that is produced from the active X chromosome.
B) The XIST RNA works by coating most of the X chromosome that is to be inactivated and then recruiting Polycomb proteins to condense the chromosome.
C) The inactivated X chromosome carries the kinds of histone modification that are typical of heterochromatin.
D) The pattern of X-chromosome inactivation is made randomly but once it has been established the same pattern of X-inactivation is propagated through all mitotic and meiotic cell divisions.
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