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Definition of Autosome
1. Noun. Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa.
Definition of Autosome
1. Noun. (genetics) Any chromosome other than sex chromosomes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Autosome
1. a type of chromosome [n -S] - See also: chromosome
Medical Definition of Autosome
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Autosome
Literary usage of Autosome
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science by Indiana Academy of Science (1922)
"It might be expected that the attachment of the univalent chromosome to one-half
of the autosome pair would make a very noticeable enlargement but such was ..."
2. Readings in Evolution, Genetics, and Eugenics by Horatio Hackett Newman (1921)
"On the basis of X 100 the length of each long autosome 159, of each small autosome
12, and of 1' 1 1 j, of the long arm of K71, and of the short arm of Y 41 ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"The ratio of 2X : 2 sets auto- somes, or SX : 3 sets autosomes (or \X : 1 set
autosome ?) produces a female, while IX : 2 sets autosomes produces a male. ..."
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