Definition of Autosomal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to an autosome. "Autosomal gene"

Partainyms: Autosome
Derivative terms: Autosome

Definition of Autosomal

1. Adjective. of or pertaining to autosomes ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Autosomal

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Autosomal

1. Pertaining to an autosome. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Autosomal

autosemantic
autosensing
autosensitise
autosepticaemia
autoserotherapy
autoserum
autoserum therapy
autoshaping
autosite
autosmia
autosomal (current term)
autosomal dominant
autosomal dominant disease
autosomal dominant disorder
autosomal recessive
autosomal recessive defect
autosomal recessive disease
autosomally
autosomatognosis
autosomatognostic
autosomes
autospeak
autosport

Literary usage of Autosomal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1918)
"SCARLET, AN autosomal EYE COLOR IDENTICAL WITH SEX-LINKED VERMILION. DE LANCEFIELD, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. Vermilion, a sex-linked eye color in Drosophila ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1920)
"The final proof of the latter point has been obtained through the discovery that the intersex gene is linked to the autosomal recessive gene for " plum ..."

3. Exploring the Borderlands: Documents of the Committee on Common Problems of by Joe Cain (2004)
"My own position on the establishing of autosomal homology was at one time that the evidence would be very strong if a polymorphic mutation with many ..."

4. Alcohol Use Among U. S. Ethnic Minorities edited by Danielle Spiegler (1993)
"The existence of fast flushing offspring with parents who do not flush argues against the idea that flushing is inherited as a single autosomal dominant ..."

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