Editing Barr body (section)

=== 1949 - Discovery of the Barr Body ===
Barr bodies were first discovered in 1949 by Canadian researcher [[Murray Barr]] and his undergraduate student Ewart Bertram.<ref name=":6">{{Cite journal |last=Miller |first=Fiona Alice |date=2006-09-01 |title='Your true and proper gender': the Barr body as a good enough science of sex |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1369848606000446 |journal=Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=459–483 |doi=10.1016/j.shpsc.2006.06.010 |pmid=16980188 |issn=1369-8486}}</ref> While examining the [[Neural cell adhesion molecule|neuronal cells]] of female cats, they observed a distinct, densely staining structure that was absent in male cells.<ref name=":6" /> This structure was initially referred to as a "nucleolar satellite."<ref name=":6" /> Although its significance was not immediately understood, the observation laid the foundation for subsequent research in [[cytogenetics]].<ref name=":6" />