autosome

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Pronunciation

/ˈɔːtəsəʊm/(UK)

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/ˈɔːtəsəʊm/(UK) · /ˈɔtəˌsoʊm/(US) · /ˈɑtəzoʊm/

Definition of autosome

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

Any eukaryotic chromosome other than sex chromosomes.

“Autosoma (or autosome), the usual or non-aberrant chromosomes, called by me previously ordinary chromosomes.”
“It is apparently formed by the arms of the loops becoming twisted around each other, and, as in the Acrididae, each of these arms no doubt represents a univalent autosome.”

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From auto- + -some, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

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