KROK 1 2014 – Question 72 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
Amniocentesis revealed two sex chromatin bodies (Barr bodies) in each cell of the sample. What disease is this character typical for?
- A. Trisomy X
- B. Klinefelter syndrome
- C. Down’s syndrome
- D. Turner’s syndrome
- E. Patau syndrome
Hint
Work out the sex chromosome constitution from the number of inactivated chromosomes seen as sex chromatin bodies, then match it to the syndromes.
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