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Keywords: Diploid, Chromosome, Pair, Mitochondrial, Karyotype

Related Terms: Mitosis, Centromere, Chromatid, Diploid, Disjunction, Haploid, Tetrad, Sex Chromosome, X-Chromosome, Monosomy, Autosomal, Nondisjunction, Barr Body, Crossing Over, Autopolyploid, Bivalent, Homologous Chromosome, Ploidy, Polyploid, Translocation, X Chromosome, Crossing-Over, Karyotype, Kinetochore, Monosomic, Sex Chromosomes, Polyploidy, Autosome, Trisomy, Synapsis, Sister Chromatid Exchange, Aneuploidy, Polytene Chromosome, Y Chromosome, Homologous Chromosomes, Chiasmata, Klinefelter Syndrome, Robertsonian Translocation, Sister Chromatids, Homologues, Uniparental Disomy, Y-Chromosome, Synaptonemal Complex, Reciprocal Translocation, Non-Disjunction, Chromosomal Translocation, Reduction Division, Triploidy, Disomy, Chromatids

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The 22 pairs of chromosomes not related to sexual expression.

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the 22 pairs of human chromosomes that are not sex chromosomes.

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The 22 pairs of chromosomes that contain genes that do not determine your sex. These are numbered from the largest (#1) to the smallest (#22) pairs.

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Any of the non-sex determining chromosomes.

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The non-sex chromosomes.Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes within the nucleus.Chromosomes 1 through 22 are autosomal.The other pair has the special property of determining one's gender:XX in females and XY in males.

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Chromosomes other than the X and Y. Chromosomes which are not involved in determining the sex of an individual.

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All the chromosomes except the sex chromosomes; found in somatic cells.

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Those chromosomes which are not the sex chromosomes.

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All chromosomes except the sex chromosomes. All cells of the body except the sex cells have two copies of each autosome.

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The chromosomes that are not concerned with sex determination. Humans have 22 pairs of autosomes, plus two sex chromosomes

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The 22 pairs of chromosomes not including the two sex chromosomes.

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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.

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any of the chromosomes excluding the sex chromosomes; in humans there are 22 pairs.

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A type of chromosome, found in all cells, that is NOT concerned with sex determination. In humans there are 44 autosomes and two sex chromosomes in all body cells.

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All of the chromosomes except for the sex chromosomes and the mitochondrial chromosome.

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All the chromosomes in the genetic complement (genome) with the exception of the sex chromosomes

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The non-sex chromosomes that are identical for men and women.

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all the chromosomes except the sex chromosomes; a diploid cell has two copies of each autosome.

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All the chromosomes other than the X and Y (the sex chromosomes) are known as autosomes. Autosomal inheritance means that an abnormal gene can affect either sex.

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Relating to the 22 pairs of ordinary chromosomes, i.e. not the x or y sex chromosomes.

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Chromosomes that are not sex chromosomes. There are 22 pairs of autosomes in the human karyotype. | Back to previous page

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Twenty-two pairs of homologous chromosomes. The two members of each pair are similar in size, shape, and genetic function. The two sex chromosomes are excluded from this class.

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