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Barr body is absent in female of
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Turner's syndrome
Barr body is a rod-like structure visible in the somatic cells of females. Since females have two X chromosomes, only one is functional and the other undergoes coiling to form a rod-shaped structure during interphase, known as Barr body. Turner's syndrome is female has only one X chromosome thus Barr body is absent.
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