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CHROMATINE NEGATIVE [1 record]

Record 1 1985-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

Lacking sex chromatin; characteristic of the nuclei of cells in normal male. (DORL)

CONT

(Sex chromosome and intersexuality) Testicular intersexes are usually chromatin-negative and have masculinized external genitalia and often female internal genitalia. (CLICYT p. 120)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Qui n'a pas de chromatine sexuelle; caractéristique des noyaux des cellules d'un homme normal.

CONT

(Hermaphrodisme) Le critère chromatinien, avant que soient connues les possibilités cytogénétiques, avait permis de séparer deux types d'hermaphrodisme : les uns chromatine positive, les autres chromatine négative. (CHROHU P. 329)

Spanish

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