Associations to the word «Autosome»

Wiktionary

AUTOSOME, noun. (genetics) Any chromosome other than sex chromosomes.

Dictionary definition

AUTOSOME, noun. Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King