Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A chromosome that is not a sex chromosome.

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  • noun genetics Any chromosome other than sex chromosomes.

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  • noun any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa

Etymologies

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From auto- + Ancient Greek σῶμα.

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Examples

  • I thought also that he should have defined such terms as autosome, metastasis, meiosis, and maybe even facultative as it is used in biology.

    Evolution for Everyone: A Review - The Panda's Thumb 2007

  • A2; the locus is assumed to be on an autosome, not a sex chromosome.

    Population Genetics Okasha, Samir 2006

  • They also wondered if the X chromosome showed difference patterns of population genetic substructure than the autosome, so they compared the X with chromosome 16 using frappe.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • Our next goal is to find out through linkage analysis whether or not the aberrant phenotype is caused by a mutated sex-linked or autosomal gene and, if autosomal, on which autosome the defective gene is located.

    OpenWetWare - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • I can't understand why the Hazara or Uyghur would be more East Asian on the X than the autosome from history though.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • Additionally, it is evident from comparing the high δ SNPs with the total number of SNPs on the autosome and X that the X is enriched for between population differences in allele frequency.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • This paper looks at loci on the autosome, as well as the Y chromosome.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Razib Khan none@example.com 2010

  • The ratio of human X chromosome to autosome diversity is positively correlated with genetic distance from genes

    Discover Blogs 2010

  • This paper looks at loci on the autosome, as well as the Y chromosome.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Razib Khan none@example.com 2010

  • If the X chromosome always is assumed to have a smaller effective population size, then it would be more strongly shaped by these dynamics than the autosome.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

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