autosomally

Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia.

au·to·some

(ô′tə-sōm′)

A chromosome that is not a sex chromosome.

au′to·so′mal (-sō′məl) adj.

au′to·so′mal·ly adv.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

autosomally

(ˌɔːtəʊˈsəʊməlɪ)

adv

(Biology) in the manner of an autosome

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

References in periodicals archive ?

It has been suggested that Dupuytren's disease is due to an autosomally dominant gene among the Caucasian races (Ling, 1963), [4] although external factors such as alcoholism, trauma, manual labour and inactivity from paralysis have long been suspected as factors leading to contracture in a predisposed person.

MANAGEMENT OF DUPUYTREN'S DISEASE--OUR EXPERIENCE IN A TERTIARY CARE INSTITUTE

If the patient is genetic test positive they should be subjected to appropriate genetic counselling as the disease is autosomally dominant.

Successful Management of Pheochromocytoma Detected in Pregnancy by Interval Adrenalectomy in a VHL Patient

Waardenburg syndrome is an autosomally inherited disorder with distinct morphological presentation.3 There is no gender or racial predilection.

Waardenburg syndrome: A case series

Adenosine deaminase deficiency: frequency and comparative pathology in autosomally recessive severe combined immunodeficiency.

Decreased Serum Adenosine Deaminase Activity Correlated with Clinical Score and Serum Proteins in Calves with Cryptosporidiosis

However, sex expression appears to be somewhat determined autosomally, with an X/autosome dosage type chromosome system (Ainsworth, 2000).

Evolution and classification of Cannabis sativa (marijuana, hemp) in relation to human utilization

Moreover, the total absence of IIL-2 homozygotic males ([X.sub.IIL-2i][Y.sub.IIL.2i] and IIL-3 homozygotes of either sex ([X.sub.IIL-3i][X.sub.IIL-3i], [X.sub.IIL-3i] [Y.sub.IIL-3i]) indicated that these inversions were not acting autosomally (Shields and Kratochvil, 2011).

Incipient speciation and additional diversity within the Simulium arcticum complex of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae)