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Michael Eisen pointed out on Twitter that my use of the law of segregation to compute the probability of inheritance from a single grandparent (50% of the autosome vs. 25% as expected) is misleading.
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2013
Remember this is the ratio of the diversity of Z, the analog to the X, with the autosome.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2012
The concentration levels of autosomes in the human cell tend to be much lower than those of the mitochondria, and so Li and Austin were able to obtain only 50,000 SNPs, of which 16,000 were usable.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2023
New data from India, which posits a hybrid autosome, predominantly recent exogenous Y lineages, and indigenous mtDNA lineages, may serve a model for Europe.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2010
The general answer is that the X chromosome experiences selective pressures differently from the autosome.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2010
His draft revealed that both X and Z arose from different autosome ancestors, and none of the 1,000 genes on the Z chromosome has a counterpart on the X.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 11 July 2010
Of each gene my father contributes one copy on the autosome.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 3 Feb. 2011
Law enforcement also tested 20 or so genetic markers from autosomes—nonsex chromosomes, which are inherited from both parents.
—Allysia Finley, WSJ, 15 Feb. 2019
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2013
Remember this is the ratio of the diversity of Z, the analog to the X, with the autosome.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2012
The concentration levels of autosomes in the human cell tend to be much lower than those of the mitochondria, and so Li and Austin were able to obtain only 50,000 SNPs, of which 16,000 were usable.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2023
New data from India, which posits a hybrid autosome, predominantly recent exogenous Y lineages, and indigenous mtDNA lineages, may serve a model for Europe.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2010
The general answer is that the X chromosome experiences selective pressures differently from the autosome.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2010
His draft revealed that both X and Z arose from different autosome ancestors, and none of the 1,000 genes on the Z chromosome has a counterpart on the X.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 11 July 2010
Of each gene my father contributes one copy on the autosome.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 3 Feb. 2011
Law enforcement also tested 20 or so genetic markers from autosomes—nonsex chromosomes, which are inherited from both parents.
—Allysia Finley, WSJ, 15 Feb. 2019
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“Autosome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/autosome. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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autosome
noun
au·to·some
ˈȯt-ə-ˌsōm 
: a chromosome other than a sex chromosome
called also nonsex chromosome
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