Lineage-specific X chromosome inactivation escape and skew underlie sex-biased immune gene dosage and deleterious variant exposure
Daisy Kavanagh, Alice Steel, Helen E. King, Helaine Graziele Santos Vieira, Kishore R. Kumar, Etienne Masle‐Farquhar, Charles M. King, Robert J. Weatheritt, Ksenia Skvortsova
This paper introduces scDaisyChain to analyze X chromosome inactivation escape and skew in immune cells, revealing lineage-specific effects on gene dosage and variant exposure in healthy and autoimmune disease contexts.
bioRxiv · Aug 31, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics