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autosome noun[ C ] biology specializeduk /ˈɔː.tə.səʊm/ us /ˈɑː.t̬ə.zoʊm/ a chromosome(= a rod-like structure in a cell that contains the chemical patterns that control what an animal or plant is like) other than one that determines the sex of the animal or plant: 常染色体 The nucleus of a human cell contains 22 pairs of autosomes in addition to the sex chromosomes. 除性染色体外,人类细胞核还包含 22 对常染色体。 Distinguishing the sex chromosomes from the autosomes allowed scientists to better understand how an organism's sex characteristics were determined. Each autosome in the genome of a dog contains up to 2,000 different genes arranged side by side along the length of the chromosome. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Genetics accession number adenine anaphase autosomal autosomally genetic fingerprinting genetically engineered geneticist genic genomic genomics genotypic monozygotic mutate non-familial non-genetic non-mutant nondominant nonhomologous sex-linked |