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Sex chromosomes and autosomes are from the same chromosome, The chromosome has 46 chromosomes and 2 of them are sex chromosomes and the rest are called autosomes

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autosome- a chromosome that is not involved in determining the sex of an organisms.

sex chromosome- An X or Y chromosome, which determines the genetic sex of an organism.

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they are both chromosomes

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A+ : Autosomal chromosomes carry diverse information; sex chromosomes determine an individual's sex.

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What is the term for chromosomes that do not determine sex?

Chromosomes that aren't sex chromosomes are called autosomes. There are 44 autosomes in a normal human somatic cell and 22 in normal human gametes. The only chromosomes that affect the sex of an organism is the X and/or Y chromosome. XX = Female and XY = Male.


All chromosomes except the X and Y sex chromosomes are called?

homologous chromosomes and autosomal chromosomes


True or false Chromosomes other than sex chromosomes are autosomes.?

This is True. Chromosomes other than sex chromosomes are autosomes.


Chromosomes other than those involved in sex determination are knows as?

The chromosomes you are referring to are called autosomes.


What is the difference between sex chromosomes and autosomes?

Autosomes are the somatic chromosomes which control the body characters or somatic characters, Whereas Sex chromosomes are the allosomes which determines sex of an individual


Autosomes are what kind of chromosomes?

non-sex chromosomes


Is it true that in humans the are 23 pairs of matching homologous chromosomes called autosomes?

No, 22 pairs of chromosomes are autosomes. The last, or 23rd, pair are sex chromosomes.


What pairs of human chromosomes are autosomes?

Autosomes are the chromosomes which do not determine the sex of the offspring. for example, in humans, there are 22 pairs of autosomes, and one pair of sex chromosomes. Autosomes are chromosomes 1-22, and the sex chromosomes are chromosome 23.


What chromosomes are autosomes?

The 44 chromosomes that are not sex chromosomes. 1st through the 22nd pair. The X and Y chromosomes are the only chromosomes not autosomes.


How many sex chromosomes does each person have?

Two sex chromosomes and 22 pairs of autosomes


All paired chromosomes which are similar within an organism are called autosomes?

Autosomes are the non-sex chromosomes. The 23rd pair is the sex chromosomes. Autosomal homologous pairs are all shaped like Xs. The sex chromosomes, as we know, can either be XX or XYType your answer here...


What is the 23rd pair of chromosomes that differ in males and females called?

The 22 pairs of chromosomes in human somatic cells that are same in males and females are called autosomes.