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A study of morphological variations of sex chromatin in female students
Bothsa Vanajakshi1, Mantraratnam Pramila Padmini2*, Bhattam Narasinga Rao3
1Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Maharajahs Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Vizianagaram District, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA. 2Associate Professor, Gitam Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Rushikonda, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA. 3Professor, Department of Anatomy, College of medical sciences, NEPAL. Email: padmini.anat@gmail.com
Abstract The inactive X chromosome always form the sex chromatin and the presence of an usually small or large Barr body in the buccal smear indicates the presence of structural variant of the X chromosome.100 female of M.B.B.S, B.H.M.S , have been voluntarily registered for the present study. In the present study different shapes of sex chromatin like planoconvex, oval, semilunar, round, coma, and bean shaped are observed in normal human females. The morphological variation in the shapes of the Barr body are very meager, hence the present study has been taken. Key Word: Barr body, bean shape buccal smear, semilunar, squamous cell |
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