| 释义 |
autosome Biol.|ˈɔːtəsəʊm|
[f. auto-1 + Gr. σῶµα body.]
A chromosome other than a sex-chromosome. Hence autoˈsomal a., of, belonging to, or designating an autosome.
1906T. H. Montgomery in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. XXI. 97, I here employ the following nomenclature..Autosome (autosoma), the non-aberrant chromosomes that I have previously called ordinary chromosomes. 1930R. A. Fisher Genetical Theory Nat. Selection iii. 51 The autosomal and the sex-linked mutations. 1950E. B. Ford Stud. Heredity iii. 32 The sex chromosomes..do not differ from the autosomes except that they carry, among others, the genes which decide whether development shall proceed along male or female lines. 1967New Scientist 19 Oct. 178/1 Normally, the autosomal chromosomes occur in pairs. |