autosome
a chromosome other than a sex chromosome
Source: Jenkins, John B. 1990. Human Genetics, 2nd Edition. New York: Harper & Row ...
Autosome
An autosome is a non-sex chromosome. It is an ordinary paired chromosome that is the same in both sexes of a species. For example, in humans, there are 22 pairs of autosomes. The X and Y chromosomes are not autosomal.
An autosome is one of the 22 numbered pairs of chromosomes that most of us carry in almost all of the cells of our body.
autosome - any chromosome not involved in sex determination.
cell cycle - the progression of a parent cell from creation through growth and development through DNA synthesis to cellular division to produce to daughter cells.
Autosome: A chromosome not involved in sex determination. The diploid human genome consists of 46 chromosomes, 22 pairs of autosomes, and 1 pair of sex chromosomes (the X and Y chromosomes).
B
BAC: See bacterial artificial chromosome.
Autosome A chromosome which is not a sex chromosome.
Autoradiography A technique which reveals the position of radioactive isotope (such as 35S, 32P or 33P) within an experimental result.
Autosome. A chromosome that is not involved in sex determination.
B
beta-DNA. The normal form of DNA found in biological systems, which exists as a right-handed helix.
Autosomes all the chromosomes other than the X and Y chromosomes
(auto = self; soma = body)
Autotroph an organism‚ such as a plant‚ which makes its own food
(auto = self; troph = food‚ nourish‚ nourishment) ...
Autosome: Any chromosome except a sex chromosome.
Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum): Literally meaning water monster (in Aztec), axolotl is a salamander (amphibian) extensively used in the evolutionary immunogenetic studies.
autosomes The chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes. Each member of an autosome pair (in diploid organisms) is of similar length and in the genes it carries.
autosome
(awtuh-some) [Gk. autos, self + soma, body]
A chromosome that is not directly involved in determining sex, as opposed to the sex chromosomes.
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Autosome
Any chromosome other than a sex chromosome; humans have 22 pairs of autosomes. [Talking Glossary]
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Autosome
A term coined by Montgomery (1906) for the chromosome not involved in sex determination; a chromosome other than a sex chromosome.
Autosome
- A body chromosome or a chromosome other than the sex xhromosome ...
Autosome Â- Sex chromosome
Evolution
Chromosomal inversion Â- Chromosomal translocation Â- Polyploidy Â- Paleopolyploidy ...
autosome Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome.
autotomy The self amputation of an appendage. For example, the casting off of a section of a lizard's tail caught in the grasp of a predator. The autotomized appendage is usually regenerated.
5 pairs of autosomes and, usually,
2 X chromosomes.
These animals are hermaphrodites, producing both sperm and eggs.
Most of the time they fertilize themselves, so that any recessive alleles quickly become homozygous and affect the phenotype.
There are 44 autosomes and 2 sex chromosomes in the human genome, for a total of 46. Karyotypes are pictures of homologous chromosomes lined up together during Metaphase I of meiosis.
Autosome -- a nuclear chromosome other than the X- and Y-chromosomes. Autoradiograph -- a photographic picture showing the position of radioactive substances in tissues.
For a single trait on an autosome, an individual can be homozygous for the dominant trait, heterozygous, or homozygous for the recessive trait. Yellow seeds are dominant, but yellow seeded plants could have a genotype of either YY or Yy.
Of these, 22 are autosomes and 1 is a sex chromosome.
Clones A group of cells derived from a single ancestor.
Cloning The process of asexually producing a group of cells (clones), all genetically identical, from a single ancestor.
Unlike the twenty-two pairs of autosomes, there is no recombination between the X and most of the Y chromosome.
Mothers give 22 autosomes (1-22) and an X chromosome. Fathers give us 22 autosomes and either and X or a Y chromosome. The father determines the sex of his offspring. If the sperm contains an X chromosome, the baby will be a girl.
These flies were derived from compound autosome strains such that heterotypic matings would produce no progeny. The two strains were reared together in common fly cages.
A fruit fly with an X chromosome:Autosome ratio greater than unity.
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A human cell contains 23 pairs of homologous chromosomes: 22 of them are homologous non-sex chromosomes (or autosomes) and 1 homologous pair of sex chromosomes. In females, the homologous sex chromosomes are 2 X's; in males the X and Y chromosomes.
Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes (46 total) chromosomes. Two of these are called sex chromosomes, the other 44 are called autosomes.
test that determines whether a locus is on a specific human chromosome by observation of the concordance of the locus and the specific chromosome in a panel of human-mouse hybrid cell lines containing only one or a few of the normal set (22 autosomes, ...
in organisms that determine the sex of an individual. In human beings females have two X chromosomes in diploid cells; males have an X and a Y chromosome. The sex chromosomes comprise the 23rd chromosome pair in a human karyotype. Compare autosome.
 See also: Chromosome, Human, Chromosomes, Sex, DNA
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