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