Autosome

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Preferred term label

Autosome

Synonyms

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Synonym type

None

Textual definition

A type of chromosome in the basic nuclear set, not including sex chromosomes or supernumerary chromosomes.

Note that this term is mainly relevant in organisms that have both sex chromosomes and non-sex-determining chromosomes in an individual organism

ID of term

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Parent term

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Children term(s)

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Taxon-restricted

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Reference

GO_0030849

ORCID Identifier

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Additional context

We have added to original definition to highlight that other types of chromosome exist (apart from sex chromosomes and autosomes)

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[ValenzuelaLab]

Autosomes are linkage groups that form the representative karyotype of a taxon.

[KamilSJaron]

@ValenzuelaLab Is the representative karyotype the karyotype of germline? Would you say Germ-Line Restricted chromosomes are autosomes too then? And cross-connected to the definition of #90 - different stages of development would give different answers (the in springtail example - is it representative pre-elimination or post elimination).

Sorry about all those weird systems that make all the definitions harder 🙃