AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2000

  • question_answer
    Which one of the following genotype has one  barr body?

    A)                  XY                                         

    B)                  XX

    C)                  XXX                                      

    D)                  XYY

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                     Barr body also known as sex chromatin, X-chromatin and drumstick is partial inactivation and development of facultative heterochromatin in one of the two X-chromosomes in interphase nuclei. They were discovered by "Murray Barr". Number of Barr bodies is one less than the total X-chromosomes. Barr body is absent in normal male. XX - Normal female, one barr body. XY - Normal male, Barr body absent. XXX - 2 Barr body They are super females. XYY - Barr body absent. They are super males.


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