Institution/s: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Universidad de Valladolid
Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
Identification number: 65
Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
Author/s: Ana María ALCONCHEL SEBASTIÁN, Beatriz BURGOS CUADRILLERO, Inés PLAZA FONTANET, Patricia ROJO DE DOMINGO
Creation / modification date: 30-01-2014
Term: autosome
Gramatical category: s
Definition: Any chromosome which is a non-sex chromosome and is common to both sexes.
Context: Each human cell, except for the gametes […], normally contains 46 chromosomes (diploid number) consisting on 22 pairs of autosomes and 1 pair of sex chromosomes.
Weighting mark: nor
Sources:
Term: BUSELMAIER, Werner (2012). Biologie für Mediziner. 12. neubearbeitete und erweiterte Aufl. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 326.
Definition: BUSELMAIER, Werner (2012). Biologie für Mediziner. 12. neubearbeitete und erweiterte Aufl. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 326.