| NOUN | body | autosome, somatic chromosome | any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome |
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| Meaning | Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa. | |
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| Synonym | somatic chromosome | |
| Broader | chromosome | A threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order |
| Spanish | autosoma | |
| Catalan | autosoma | |
| Adjectives | autosomal | of or relating to an autosome |
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