Autosome

Autosome

An autosome is a non-sex chromosome. It is an ordinarily paired [In the case of higher ploidy levels than the usual diploid, there will be the same number of an autosome as the ploidy level itself. For example, in a pentaploid, there will be five copies of each autosome.] type of chromosome that is the same in both sexes of a species. For example, in humans, there are 22 pairs of autosomes. The X and Y chromosomes are not autosomal. Non-autosomal chromosomes are usually referred to as sex chromosomes, allosomes or heterosomes.

Like other chromosomes, autosomes display STR and SNP mutations which can be observed and have been used in genetic testings for ancestry, ethnicity, race and genealogical purposes. Private testing companies which do autosomal STR tests include FamilyTreeDNA and DNAtribes. Whereas companies testing autosomal SNPs include AncestryByDNA and deCODEme.

Notes

ee also

*Autosomal dominant
*Autosomal recessive
*CODIS
*Homologous chromosome
*OmniPop
*Allosome

External links

* [http://www.familytreedna.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3668 Discussion thread on the potential use of autosomal 'Haploblocks' in advanced methods of genetic genealogical testing]
* [http://dna-forums.org/index.php?showtopic=3919 Discussion on "HAPAA" and autosomal 'haploblocks' for greatly improved ancestral admixture testing.]
* [http://www.str-base.org/calc.php ENFSI autosomal DNA database allele population frequency calculator]
* [http://www.csfs.ca/pplus/profiler.htm CSFS autosomal DNA database allele population frequency calculator]
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23487580/ MSNBC article on autosome testing companies including 23andme, deCODEme & Navigenics]


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