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Agriculture · Q215

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 215

Q215

In humans, an XO individual has how many barr body in her cells

A.
Four
B.
One
C.
Three
D.
None of these
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
In humans, an XO individual has no Barr body in her cells.
A Barr body or X-chromatin is an inactive X chromosome in a cell with more than one X chromosome.
Someone with two X chromosomes (such as most human females) has only one Barr body per somatic cell, while someone with one X chromosome (such as most human males) has none.
Thus as an XO individual has only one X chromosome therefore there will not be any Barr body in its cells.