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Word entry · 8 letters

autosome

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"Nonsex DNA carrier"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɔːtəsəʊm/Part of speech nounSorted aemoostuStarts with AEnds with E1 clues
1A2U3T4O5S6O7M8E

Definitions

  1. Chromosome that is not a sex chromosome.

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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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