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    This document defines key terms related to chromosomes and genetics: sex chromosomes determine biological sex and include the X and Y chromosomes in humans, while autosomes are non-sex chromosomes. Sex-linked genes are located on sex chromosomes. A carrier is a heterozygous individual who inherits a recessive allele but does not show symptoms, and the Barr body is an inactivated X chromosome in females. Aneuploidy is having too many or too few chromosomes.

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    This document defines key terms related to chromosomes and genetics: sex chromosomes determine biological sex and include the X and Y chromosomes in humans, while autosomes are non-sex chromosomes. Sex-linked genes are located on sex chromosomes. A carrier is a heterozygous individual who inherits a recessive allele but does not show symptoms, and the Barr body is an inactivated X chromosome in females. Aneuploidy is having too many or too few chromosomes.

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    This document defines key terms related to chromosomes and genetics: sex chromosomes determine biological sex and include the X and Y chromosomes in humans, while autosomes are non-sex chromosomes. Sex-linked genes are located on sex chromosomes. A carrier is a heterozygous individual who inherits a recessive allele but does not show symptoms, and the Barr body is an inactivated X chromosome in females. Aneuploidy is having too many or too few chromosomes.

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    Key terms

    Sex chromosome: One of two chromosomes that determine’s an


    organisms biological sex
    Autosome: Chromosome that is NOT a sex chromosome
    Sex-linked gene: Gene that is located on one of the two sex
    chromosomes
    Carrier: Heterozygous individual that inherited a recessive allele
    for a genetic disorder but does not display symptoms of that
    disorder
    Barr body: A condensed region in the nucleus of a cell, consisting
    of an inactivated X chromosome
    Aneuploidy: Condition of having too many or too few
    chromosomes

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