Concept information
Preferred term
Sex Chromatin
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Barr Bodies
- Bodies, Barr
- Chromatin, Sex
- Chromatins, Sex
- Sex Chromatins
Scope note
- In the interphase nucleus, a condensed mass of chromatin representing an inactivated X chromosome. Each X CHROMOSOME, in excess of one, forms sex chromatin (Barr body) in the mammalian nucleus. (from King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed)
In other languages
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Finnish
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Barr
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sukupuolikromatiini
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X-kromatiini
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012728
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