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Sex Chromatin  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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)

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