autosomal
adjective
au·to·so·mal
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Definition of autosomal
: of, belonging to, located on, or transmitted by an autosome
autosomal genes/inheritance autosomal dominant/recessive disorders … a genetic disorder that is passed down in autosomal recessive fashion—in other words, you have to inherit an abnormal gene from each parent for the trait to appear.— Terrence Monmaney
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Other Words from autosomal
autosomally
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adverb
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adverb
an autosomally recessive condition
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Rae-Venter learned of a new set of techniques that were pioneered by a UC Santa Cruz researcher named Richard Green, which would extract autosomal DNA from rootless hair. — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, "How a podcast helped solve a grisly cold case," 9 June 2019 The mother’s and father’s autosomal DNA combines more or less randomly at conception, so that full siblings on average share about half their DNA and half-siblings share one-quarter. — Allysia Finley, WSJ, "The Making of a DNA Detective," 15 Feb. 2019 This lysosomal storage disorder is an autosomal recessive genetic disease that interferes with the body’s production of a single enzyme, arylsulfatase A. Not enough arylsulfatase A causes a buildup of fats called sulfatides inside cells. — Vibhav Rangarajan, STAT, "The ‘cruel joke’ of compassionate use and right to try: Pharma companies don’t have to comply," 5 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'autosomal.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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