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A human cell with a Barr body always comes from a female. True or False True False
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Barr body is discovered by Murray Barr. It is an inactive X chromosome. In humans, females have 2 X-chromosomes and males have a single X-chromosome. So in human female one of the two X chromosomes is inactivated and it can be observed as darkly stained spot due to heterochromatinization. Since human male have a single X-chromosome and a Y-chromosome, there is no need of X-chromosome inactivation in males. Barr bodies are thus required to regulate and balance the amount of transcribed X-linked gene products in males and females.

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