Term Name: inactivation of paternal X chromosome by genomic imprinting
Synonyms: inactivation of paternal X chromosome by genetic imprinting, iXCI
Definition: Compensating for the two-fold variation in X-chromosome:autosome ratios between sexes by a global inactivation of all, or most of, the genes on the paternal X-chromosome in the XX sex by genomic imprinting.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0060818]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: dosage compensation by inactivation of X chromosome genomic imprinting