AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Autosomes are chromosomes that contain genes for characteristics that are unrelated to sex. These chromosomes are the same in males and females. The great majority of human genes are located on autosomes.

Detailed explanation-2: -An autosome is any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome. The members of an autosome pair in a diploid cell have the same morphology, unlike those in allosomal (sex chromosome) pairs, which may have different structures. The DNA in autosomes is collectively known as atDNA or auDNA.

Detailed explanation-3: -Definition. An autosome is one of the numbered chromosomes, as opposed to the sex chromosomes. Humans have 22 pairs of autosomes and one pair of sex chromosomes (XX or XY). Autosomes are numbered roughly in relation to their sizes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Autosomal dominant traits pass from one parent onto their child. Autosomal recessive traits pass from both parents onto their child. Autosomal refers to the 22 numbered chromosomes as opposed to the sex chromosomes (X and Y).