Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2020
A patient has a chromosomal disorder - Klinefelter syndrome - with the total number of chromosomes being 47 (karyotype XXY). The patient's somatic cells contain sex chromatin in the amount equal to X chromosome number minus 1 In somatic cells, sex chromatin is called:
Answer options
- Doehle bodies
- Cabot rings
- Jolly bodies
- Mallory bodies
- Barr bodies
Correct answer
Barr bodies
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