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sex chromatin

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sex chromatin
n.
See Barr body.
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Noun1.sex chromatin - chromatin found only in female cells; "the presence or absence of sex chromatin in cells obtained by amniocentesis makes it possible to determine the sex of a fetus"
chromatin, chromatin granule - the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses into chromosomes
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The study included biometrics, dermatoglyphics, blood groups, PTC tasting, sex-linked studies as color vision, sex chromatin analyses and direct chromosome karyotyping.
Photographing Chromosomes--The Colored Bodies by Rohde, Russell / PSA Journal
 
 
 
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