Any chromosome not involved in determining an organism's sex. Humans have 22 pairs of autosomes in each cell. The two strands of the DNA molecule are held together in the shape of a double helix by the bonds between base pairs. The order of nucleotide bases in a DNA molecule. The science of informatics as applied to biological research.
Informatics is the management and analysis of data using advanced computing techniques.
It is particularly important as an adjunct to genomics research, because of the large amount of complex data this research generates. The DNA in a cell is divided into structures called chromosomes. They are large enough to be seen under a microscope. In each pair of chromosomes, one is inherited from the father and one from the mother. A term applied to genes, cells or entire organisms that are derived from and are genetically identical to a single common ancestor gene, cell or organism, respectively.