BARR BODY


Meaning of BARR BODY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbär- ]

noun

Etymology: Murray Llewellyn Barr died 1995 Canadian anatomist

Date: 1961

: a densely staining inactivated condensed X chromosome that is present in each somatic cell of most female mammals and is used as a test of genetic femaleness (as in a fetus) — called also sex chromatin

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.