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AUTOSOME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does autosome mean?
• AUTOSOME (noun)
The noun AUTOSOME has 1 sense:
1. any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa
Familiarity information: AUTOSOME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
autosome; somatic chromosome
Hypernyms ("autosome" is a kind of...):
chromosome (a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order)
Derivation:
autosomal (of or relating to an autosome)
Context examples
The diploid human genome consists of a total of 46 chromosomes which includes 22 pairs of autosomes.
(Autosome, NCI Thesaurus)
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