NEET Biology question

BiologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationNEET

A medical technician, while observing a human blood smear under the microscope notes the presence of a Barr body close to the nuclear membrane in the WBC. This indicates that the person under investigation is a

Answer: (C)

Solution

A Barr body forms from one of the two X-chromosomes becoming inactivated in each somatic cell, which occurs only when more than one X-chromosome is present; its presence (one Barr body) indicates a normal female (XX),

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