Sex Chromatin

Synonyms

Barr Bodies

Bodies, Barr

Chromatin, Sex

Chromatins, Sex

Sex Chromatins

In the interphase nucleus, a condensed mass of chromatin representing an inactivated X chromosome. Each X CHROMOSOME, in excess of one, forms sex chromatin (Barr body) in the mammalian nucleus. (from King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed)