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What are autosomes?


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Autosomes:

  1. Autosomes are chromosomes that are not engaged in sex determination but are involved in all other functions.
  2. Human people have a total of 22 homologous pairs of autosomes.
  3. Each autosome contains a number of genes, each of which performs a distinct and distinct function.
  4. They are the ones who decide on the somatic characteristics.
  5. The centromere is found in the same place on all autosomes.
  6. The number of genes in a person varies from 200 and 2000.

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