English Explanatory Dictionary

Barr body

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sex chromosome inactivated by packing in heterochromatin.

Word forms

Barr body Barr bodies

Etymology

Named after discoverer Murray Barr.

Related words

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