NEET2001BotanyCell Cycle and Cell DivisionActual
Barr body is found in the cytoplasm during
Options
- Ainterphase in cell of female mammal
- Binterphase in cell of male mammal
- Cprophase in cell of female mammal
- Dprophase in cell of male mammal.
Correct answer
A. interphase in cell of female mammal
Step-by-step solution
Barr body is also known as sex chromatin, X chromatin. Barr body is partially inactivated and development of this facultative heterochromatin occurs in one of the two X chromosomes in interphase nuclei. Any of the two X -chromosomes can become heterochromatic.