Barr body-The condensed, single X-chromosome, appearing as a densely staining mass, that is found in the nuclei of somatic cells of female mammals. It is named after its discoverer, Murray Barr, and is derived from one of the two X-chromosomes which becomes inactivated.
In 2011, the biggest employers of curators were museums and similar institutions, which hired 5,680 of the total 10,340 professionals at average salaries of $51,010 per year, or $24.52 per hour. The highest wages were in grant-making and giving services at a mean $91,270 yearly, or $43.88 hourly.
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist charged with an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material. A traditional curator's concern necessarily involves tangible objects of some sortâartwork, collectibles, historic items, or scientific collections. More recently, new kinds of curators have started to emerge: curators of digital data objects and biocurators.