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Barr bodies

Barr bodies is the plural of Barr body.

Meaning of Barr body

Noun

Barr body (plural Barr bodies)

  1. A sex chromosome inactivated by packing in heterochromatin.
    • Men with Klinefelter syndrome (47,XXY karyotype) have a single Barr body, whereas women with a 47,XXX karyotype have two Barr bodies.

Questions about Barr bodies

What is Barr bodies the plural of?
Barr bodies is the plural of Barr body.

Words near Barr bodies in the dictionary

  1. barquette mould
  2. barquette moulds
  3. barquettes
  4. barquillite
  5. barr
  6. Barr bodies
  7. Barr body
  8. Barr trilobite
  9. Barr trilobites
  10. barra
  11. barra boy

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