# Howell–Jolly bodies contain:
a. Iron
b. DNA
c. RNA
d. Protein
The correct answer is B. DNA.
A Howell–Jolly body is a cytopathological finding of basophilic nuclear remnants (clusters of DNA) in circulating erythrocytes. During maturation in the bone marrow, late erythroblasts normally expel their nuclei; but, in some cases, a small portion of DNA remains.
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