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Thursday, September 2, 2010

Why are autosomes called so?

The 22 pairs of chromosomes of our cells, that aren't sex chromosomes, are called autosomes.. because 'auto-' means 'self' or 'same'... These pairs always contain the same chromosomes unlike the sex chromosomes which may vary as X & Y.
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