An '''autosome''' is a non-sex [[chromosome]]. It is an ordinarily paired<ref>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.</ref> type of chromosome that is the same in both [[sex]]es of a [[species (biology)|species]]. For example, in [[human]]s, there are 22 pairs of autosomes. The X and Y chromosomes are not autosomal. Non-autosomal chromosomes are usually referred to as [[sex chromosome]]s, allosomes or heterosomes.

== Notes ==
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==See also==
*[[Autosomal dominant]]
*[[Autosomal recessive]]
*[[Combined DNA Index System|CODIS]]
*[[Homologous chromosome]]
*[[OmniPop]]

==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://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]
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