dna_analysis
Autosomnal DNA
Published 26 November 2021Research by Kevin McManus
Autosomal DNA is a term used in genetic genealogy to describe DNA which is inherited from the autosomal chromosomes.
An autosome is any of the numbered chromosomes, as opposed to the sex chromosomes. Humans have 22 pairs of autosomes and one pair of sex chromosomes (the X chromosome and the Y chromosome).
