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autosome
A chromosome that is not involved in sex determination. In humans, chromosomes 1 to 22 are autosomes, and pair 23 corresponds to sex chromosomes X and Y.
Grammatical category Noun
Field Genetics
Level of specialization High
Definition source glosario de Fertilidad
Variants
Synonym
somatic chromosome
Formal
Equivalents

Spanish

autosoma
Examples
Aneuploidy screening by next-generation sequencing (NGS) offers an extensive examination of all 23 chromosomal pairs: 22 autosomes and 1 sex chromosome.
In that study, we evaluated the incidence of chromosomal segregation errors (in autosomes 13, 18, 21, and sex chromosomes X and Y) in a cohort similar to the one examined in the current research.
Collocations
WITH ADJECTIVES
reads on autosomes
WITH NOUNS
pairs of autosomes