英语词汇“Barr body”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Barr body

/bɑːˈbɒdi

noun Physiology

A small, densely staining structure in the cell nuclei of females, consisting of a condensed, inactive X chromosome. It is regarded as diagnostic of genetic femaleness.In some tissues, the inactive X chromosome can be identified in the nucleus as a Barr body and X inactivation provides an important model for the inheritance of gene expression....

The formation of Barr bodies is the strategy that humans use for what is called dosage compensation.
If the Barr bodies of a normal female were missing, she would exhibit Turners Syndrome.

Origin

1960s: named after the Canadian anatomist M. L. Barr (1908–95).

单词	Barr body
释义	Barr body /bɑːˈbɒdi / noun Physiology A small, densely staining structure in the cell nuclei of females, consisting of a condensed, inactive X chromosome. It is regarded as diagnostic of genetic femaleness.In some tissues, the inactive X chromosome can be identified in the nucleus as a Barr body and X inactivation provides an important model for the inheritance of gene expression.... The formation of Barr bodies is the strategy that humans use for what is called dosage compensation. If the Barr bodies of a normal female were missing, she would exhibit Turners Syndrome. Origin 1960s: named after the Canadian anatomist M. L. Barr (1908–95).
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