Compare & Contrast Autosomes & Sex chromosomes.

Human chromosomes
Female (XX)
Male (XY)


The are two copies of each autosome (chromosomes 1-22) in both females and males. The sex chromosomes are different: there are two copies of the X chromosome in females, but males have a single X chromosome and a Y chromosome.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autosome

• Autosomeis a chromosome that isnt a sex shromosome.


• There are 22 pairs of autosomes.


• X & Y chromosomes are sex chromosomes(there are 2 sex chromosomes)