| Barr body |
A single condensed X chromosome. The Barr body is found in the nuclei of female somatic cells.
Ãâó: www.genpromag.com/Glossary~LETTER~B.html
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| Barr body |
A highly condensed mass of chromatin found in the nuclei of normal females, but not in the nuclei of normal male cells. It represents a cytologically condensed and inactivated X chromosome.
Ãâó: www.modernhumanorigins.com/b.html
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| Barr body |
Inactivated X-chromosome in mammalian females. Although inactivated, the Barr body is replicated prior to cell division and thus is passed on to all descendant cells of the embryonic cell that had one of its X-chromosomes inactivated. PICTURE 1 PICTURE 2
Ãâó: www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBook...
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| Barr body |
The sex chromatin mass located adjacent to the nuclear membrane in interphase nuclei, which corresponds to an inactivated X chromosome. One Barr body is seen in the cells of 46,XX and 47,XXY individuals, and none in the cells of 45,X and 46,XY individuals.
Ãâó: www.kumc.edu/gec/gloss.html
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