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Autosome Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix auto-

Autosome has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa

2

Any chromosome other than sex chromosomes.

See Also
chromosome pseudoautosomal allosome autosomes sex chromosome autosomal
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
chromosome
Rhyming Words
ome gome mome nome zome dome lome pome home rome some come tome clome exome stome prome gnome crome ehome
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