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Meaning of autosome | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈɔːtəsəʊm/

Definitions

Any chromosome other than sex chromosomes.

Equivalents

Español autosoma
Suomi autosomi
Français autosome
Italiano autosoma
日本語 常染色体
Nederlands autosoom
Polski autosom
Português autossoma
Türkçe otozom

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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