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  • Institution/s: Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Saarbrücken, Universidad de Valladolid, Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
  • Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
  • Identification number: 108
  • Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
  • Author/s: Diana MOŢOC, Judit MATEO CARRETERO, Rosario HERRERO, Verónica ARNÁIZ UZQUIZA
  • Creation / modification date: 01-02-2014
  • Term: sex chromatin
  • Gramatical category: s
  • Definition: Dark-staining chromatin body, present in one copy in normal females, which is the condensed, inactive X chromosome.
  • Context: The sex chromatin body in polymorphonuclear leukocytes takes the form of “drumstick”, seen attached to the nucleus approximately 2% of these cells in women, but not in men.
  • Weighting mark: nor
  • Sources:
    • Term: http://www.chu-rouen.fr/page/chromatine-sexuelle
    • Definition: http://www.medicalorama.com/ encyclopedie/15294
    • Context: http://www.medicalorama.com/encyclopedie/15294
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    • Sex chromatin
      Bergman, R. A.; Afifi, A.K.; Heidger, P.M., Atlas of Microscopic Anatomy: Section 1 – Cells,
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