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Examples of autosome in a Sentence
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Word History
Note: The term was introduced by the American zoologist Thomas Harrington Montgomery, Jr. (1873-1912) in "The terminology of aberrant chromosomes and their behavior in certain Hemiptera," Science, new series vol. 33, no. 575 (January 5, 1906), pp. 36-38.
1906, in the meaning defined above
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“Autosome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/autosome. Accessed 22 Aug. 2024.
Medical Definition
autosome
nouncalled also nonsex chromosome
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