How to Use autosomal in a Sentence

autosomal

adjective

• The technique searches for autosomal DNA in genetic fragments in the body sample.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 28 Oct. 2021
• Soon, the site also allowed for segment-by-segment comparisons of autosomal DNA.
  — Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021
• The symptoms of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease don't show up until adulthood—usually between the ages of 30 and 40, says the NKF.
  — Hallie Levine, Health.com, 19 Nov. 2021
• None of them have been reported in my family, and all of them have an autosomal dominant inheritance.
  — Jennifer Billock, Good Housekeeping, 20 Jan. 2022
• From there, Othram generated a data file containing her autosomal DNA, the genetic material that is shared among families.
  — New York Times, 27 Mar. 2022
• With the advent of autosomal-DNA testing, detectives began to surreptitiously rummage through those repositories, too.
  — Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021
• This lysosomal storage disorder is an autosomal recessive genetic disease that interferes with the body’s production of a single enzyme, arylsulfatase A. Not enough arylsulfatase A causes a buildup of fats called sulfatides inside cells.
  — Vibhav Rangarajan, STAT, 5 June 2018

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024