alleryStart learning →Which chromosomes are the autosomes?
AOnly the chromosomes carrying dominant alleles
BThe chromosomes present in gametes but not zygotes
CAny of the chromosomes that are not sex chromosomes
DOnly the shortest chromosomes of a full karyotype
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Any of the chromosomes that are not sex chromosomes
1. In humans one pair of chromosomes determines sex, and that pair is non-homologous in males.
2. Every chromosome that is not a sex chromosome is an autosome.
3. Humans have 22 homologous pairs of autosomes alongside the sex chromosome pair.
4. Length and which alleles a chromosome happens to carry play no part in the definition.
_Source: OpenStax Biology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 12 "Mendel's Experiments and Heredity", section 12.2 Characteristics and Traits_
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