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compare and contrast autosomes and sex chromosomes
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• Autosomes are homologous chromosomal pairs and sex chromosomes are partially homologous chromosomal pairs.
• Sex chromosomes involve in sex determination and autosomes do not involve in sex determination.
• In sex chromosomes, Y chromosome is shorter and in autosomal pairs both the chromosomes are of the same height.
• In sex chromosomal pair, the position of the centromere may not be the same and, in autosomal pairs, the position of the centromere is the same.
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