EAMCET Medical EAMCET Medical Solved Paper-2010

  • question_answer
    Drumstick Barr bodies are found in

    A)  all RBCs of females

    B)  all RBCs of males

    C)  some neutrophils of females

    D)  some neutrophils of males

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                     Barr body is a structure consisting of a condensed X-chromosome that is found in non-dividing nuclei of female mammals. It is named after the Canadian anatomist ML Barr (1908-95), who identified it in 1949. The presence of a Barr body is used m confirm the sex of athletes in sex determination tests. A Ban body appears as a small drumstick like projection in one of the lobes of some of die neutrophils in females.


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