Why Women Are Stripey

Epigenetics means women have different active xchromosomes in different cells. Animation courtesy of Music by Amarante: Animation: Etsuko Uno Art and Technical Direction: Drew Berry Sound Design: Francois Tetaz Emma Bortignon Scientific Consultation: Marnie Blewitt Courtesy of Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research: When a female embryo is four days old it consists of just 100 cells. At this point the xchromosome from Mom and the one f