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A tall, sexually underdeveloped human male has sex cells with one Barr body each. What sex chromosomes would you expect to see in a karyotype from this individual?

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Final answer:

Females have two X chromosomes, and males have one X and one Y chromosome.

Step-by-step explanation:

Females have two X chromosomes, and males have one X and one Y chromosome. In females, one of the X chromosomes in each cell is inactivated and known as a Barr body. This ensures that females, like males, have only one functioning copy of the X chromosome in each cell.

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