NEET2015ZoologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationActual
Barr body is missing in the female suffering from
Options
- AHuntington's disease
- BTay-sach's disease
- CKlinefelter's syndrome
- DTurner's syndrome.
Correct answer
D. Turner's syndrome.
Step-by-step solution
In normal females, number of Barr bodies is one less than the number of X chromosomes. One Barr body means the female has two X chromosomes. Turner's syndrome (44+ X 0) is a genetic disorder that affects only females. In this condition, cells of the affected female possess only one X chromosome, instead of two. Due to the presence of only one X chromosome, no Barr body is present in females suffering from Turner's syndrome.