Biology 2010 Student Edition

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 9780133669510
ISBN 13: 978-0-13366-951-0

Chapter 14, Human Heredity - 14.1 - Human Chromosomes - 14.1 Assessment - Page 397: 1a

Answer

Autosomes are the 44 other chromosomes that are not sex chromosomes.

Work Step by Step

Autosomes are the 44 other chromosomes that are not sex chromosomes. Humans have 46 chromosomes in each cell. Two of them are sex chromosomes, and the rest are autosomal chromosomes or autosomes.
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