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Genetics and Genealogy > Autosome
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Autosome Defined
Any chromosome other than a sex determining chromosome. Humans have 22 pairs of autosomes. Autosomes are chromosomes not involved in sex determination. The human genome contains 46 chromosomes. These 46 chromosomes are also called the diploid. The 46 chromosomes are divided into two groups, i.e., the 22 homologous pairs of autosomes numbered by size from 1-22 and 1 pair of sex determining chromosomes (the X and Y chromosomes … XX = female and XY = male), which is numbered the 23rd chromosome pair. Note: The Y sex chromosome is much smaller and very different than the X sex chromosome and thus in males which are XY in the 23rd sex determining chromosome pair, this XY pair of chromosomes is non-homologous. Compare to Sex Chromosome. See X Chromosome, Y Chromosome, and Diploid.
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