What are the chromosomes which determine the somatic characters?

Sex chromosomes

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Heterosomes

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Autosomes

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is C Autosomes
An autosome is a chromosomes that is not an allosome. Autosomes appear in pairs whose members have the same form but differ from other pairs in a diploid cell, whereas members of an allosome pair may differ from one another and thereby determine sex.

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