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Somatic male cells are assessed.

If the somatic cells of a human male were found to contain one Barr body in their nucleus the most likely chromosome makeup of the individual would be:

XO

XX

XYX

XXY

XXX


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Understanding Barr bodies in somatic male cells is depicted.

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