autosome en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɔtəˌsoʊm/ (US)
- /ˈɑtəzoʊm/ (Canada)
- /ˈɔːtəsəʊm/ (UK)
Etymology
From auto- + -some, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).
Meanings
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Any eukaryotic chromosome other than sex 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.
1908, Herbert Spencer Davis, Spermatogenesis in Acrididae and Locustidae: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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| autosomes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
genophore · Y chromosome · circular chromosome · X chromosome
Deriveds
Hypernyms
Translations (13)
nl autosoom (any chromosome other than sex chromosomes) · ca autosoma (any chromosome other than sex chromosomes) · cmn 常染色體 /常染色体 (any chromosome other than sex chromosomes) · fr autosome (any chromosome other than sex chromosomes) · sv autosom (any chromosome other than sex chromosomes) · es autosoma (any chromosome other than sex chromosomes) · it autosoma (any chromosome other than sex chromosomes) · ro autozom (any chromosome other than sex chromosomes) · pl autosom (any chromosome other than sex chromosomes) · ja 常染色体 (any chromosome other than sex chromosomes) · tr otozom (any chromosome other than sex chromosomes) · fi autosomi (any chromosome other than sex chromosomes) · pt autossoma (any chromosome other than sex chromosomes)