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  • Institution/s: Universidad de Valladolid, Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
  • Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
  • Identification number: 116
  • Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
  • Author/s: Ana MUÑOZ GASCÓN, Bianca CONSTANTINESCU, Isaac MORENO RUIZ, María Eugenia HERRERAS
  • Creation / modification date: 01-02-2014
  • Term: X-chromatin body (Barr body)
  • Gramatical category: s
  • Definition: Cytological manifestation of the inactive X chromosome (Xi) in interphase nuclei.
  • Context: The number of X-chromatin bodies in interphase cells was compared with the number of X chromosomes in metaphases in nineteen carcinomas of the cervix uteri.
  • Weighting mark: nor
  • Sources:
    • Term: PASSARGE, Eberhard (2008). Taschenatlas. Humangenetik. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 380.
    • Definition: PASSARGE, Eberhard (2008). Taschenatlas. Humangenetik. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 380.
    • Context: SEYFFERT, Willhelm (2003). Lehrbuch der Genetik. Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 225.
  • Images:
    • Barr body (X-chromatin body )
      http://histobarcelo2010.blogspot.com.es/2010/05/corpusculo-de-barr-2n-46-xx.html
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