Define autosome, hemizygous, homozygous, and heterozygous?
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Autosome– All chromosomes apart from the sex chromosomes are called the Autosomes. The number of autosomes differs from one organism to another. Humans have 44 number or 22 pairs of autosomes.
Hemizygous– It is a condition in which an organism has only one copy of a gene or DNA sequence present in diploid cells.
Homozygous— It is a condition in which an organism has two similar alleles of a given gene (XX).
Heterozygous–It is a condition in which an organism has two different alleles of a given gene (XY).