Human Gene Set: GOCC_X_CHROMOSOME

For the Mouse gene set with the same name, see GOCC_X_CHROMOSOME

Standard name GOCC_X_CHROMOSOME
Systematic name M25598
Brief description The sex chromosome present in both sexes of species in which the male is the heterogametic sex. Two copies of the X chromosome are present in each somatic cell of females and one copy is present in males. [GOC:mah, GOC:mr, ISBN:0582227089, PMID:20622855, Wikipedia:XY_sex-determination_system]
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Collection C5: Ontology
      GO: Gene Ontology
            GO:CC: GO Cellular Component
Source publication  
Exact source GO:0000805
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External links http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0000805
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Source species Homo sapiens
Contributed by Gene Ontology (Gene Ontology Consortium)
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identifier namespace		 Human_NCBI_Gene_ID
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Version history 2026.1.Hs: Updated to GO Release 2025-10-10.


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