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Noun Concept
Categories: Genetics, Articles with short description
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Barr body  Bar body  Barr bodies  Chromatin body  Sex-chromatin body
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A Barr body or X-chromatin is an inactive X chromosome. Wikipedia
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A Barr body or X-chromatin is an inactive X chromosome. Wikipedia
The inactive chromosome in a somatic cell Wikipedia Disambiguation
A structure found in a female mammalian cell containing an unpaired X chromosome that has become densely heterochromatic, silenced and localized at the nuclear periphery. Wikidata
A sex chromosome inactivated by packing in heterochromatin. Wiktionary
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Men with Klinefelter syndrome (47,XXY karyotype) have a single Barr body, whereas women with a 47,XXX karyotype have two Barr bodies. Wiktionary
IS A
cellular component
X chromosome
DIFFERENT FROM
polar body
NAMED AFTER
Murray Barr
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Bar body, Barr bodies, Barr Body, Chromatin body, Sex-chromatin body

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