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autosomes

autosomes is the plural of autosome.

Meaning of autosome

Noun

autosome (plural autosomes)

  1. Any eukaryotic chromosome other than sex chromosomes.
    • Autosoma (or autosome), the usual or non-aberrant chromosomes, called by me previously ordinary chromosomes.1906 January 5, Thos. H. Montgomery, “The terminology of aberrant chromosomes and their behavivor in certain Hemiptera”, in Science, volume 23, number 575, page 36

Questions about autosomes

What is autosomes the plural of?
Autosomes is the plural of autosome.

Words near autosomes in the dictionary

  1. autosoliton
  2. autosolitons
  3. autosomal
  4. autosomally
  5. autosome
  6. autosomes
  7. autosomic
  8. autosoteric
  9. autosoterism
  10. autospeak
  11. autospecific

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