What is the function of Autosomes
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An autosome is a chromosome in a eukaryotic cell that is not a sex chromosome.
Sex chromosomes are considered separately from autosomes, since their inheritance pattern works differently. In humans, the sex chromosomes are referred to as the X chromosome and the Y chromosome. Other animals, like birds, use a different system of sex chromosomes.
Each autosome stores many thousands genes, each of which performs a unique function in the organism’s cells.
Under normal circumstances, each chromosome follows a “map” that is shared across individuals in the species. This allows cells to “know” where to start gene expression when they want to express a certain gene. It is thought that factors which effect gene expression use this “map” to accurately respond to a cell’s needs.
When autosomes are healthy, this enables cells to perform an awesome array of functions. Each of hundreds of subtly differing cell types in a eukaryotic organism express a different combination of genes in the right place at the right time, enabling the huge array of cellular functions we see in eukaryotic organisms like ourselves
Sex chromosomes are considered separately from autosomes, since their inheritance pattern works differently. In humans, the sex chromosomes are referred to as the X chromosome and the Y chromosome. Other animals, like birds, use a different system of sex chromosomes.
Each autosome stores many thousands genes, each of which performs a unique function in the organism’s cells.
Under normal circumstances, each chromosome follows a “map” that is shared across individuals in the species. This allows cells to “know” where to start gene expression when they want to express a certain gene. It is thought that factors which effect gene expression use this “map” to accurately respond to a cell’s needs.
When autosomes are healthy, this enables cells to perform an awesome array of functions. Each of hundreds of subtly differing cell types in a eukaryotic organism express a different combination of genes in the right place at the right time, enabling the huge array of cellular functions we see in eukaryotic organisms like ourselves
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A non sex determinating chromosomes are called autosomes
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