Center for Barr body condensation. A case of Turner's syndrome with 45,X/46,X,dic(X) (Xqter leads to p22::p22 leads to qter).
An 11-year-old girl with karyotype 45,X/46,X,dic(X) (Xqter leads to p22::p22 leads to qter) is presented. The abnormal X is always found to be the inactive and late replicating X, and according to previous investigations by Therman et al. (1974) part of the cells are seen to have bipartite Barr bodies.
D002648:Child; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D005260:Female; D006570:Heterochromatin; D006801:Humans; D012728:Sex Chromatin; D012730:Sex Chromosomes; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*
D006570:Heterochromatin