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Any of the "numbered" chromosomes -- not the X, Y, or mitochondrial chromosomes. Each human has two copies of each; one inherited from the mother and one from the father.
Ãâó: www.genaissance.com/pharmacogenomics/glossary.asp
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| autosome |
A chromosome (see chromosome below) that is not a sex chromosome ("X' or "Y"). Autosomal recessive and autosomal dominant diseases are caused by mutations in genes that reside on one of the 22 paired autosomes.
Ãâó: www.blindness.org/research/glossary.asp
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| autosome |
a chromosome which is not a sex determining chromosome. Homologous pairs of autosomes carry the same genetic loci
Ãâó: www.und.nodak.edu/instruct/rsweitze/b151/Chapter12...
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| autosome |
Any paired chromosome that is alike in the cells of males and females, as distinguished from the sex chromosomes X or Y. Humans have 22 pairs of autosomes.
Ãâó: www.proteinstrukturfabrik.de/glossary.html
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| autosome |
Any eukaryotic chromosome not involved in sex determination. Autosomes constitute the vast majority of an organism
Ãâó: www.apologeticspress.org/articles/175
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