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Definition of "autosome" [autosome]

  • A chromosome that is not a sex chromosome. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "autosome" in a sentence
  • "I thought also that he should have defined such terms as autosome, metastasis, meiosis, and maybe even facultative as it is used in biology."
  • "A2; the locus is assumed to be on an autosome, not a sex chromosome."
  • "This paper looks at loci on the autosome, as well as the Y chromosome."
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