what is the difference between autosomes and the sex chromosomes?
The only real difference between them is that the pairing of sex chromosomes determines the gender of the organism (XX- f â¦ emale; XY- male), while autosomes are primarily responsible for other phenotypic traits (height, eye color, hair color, etc).
>autosomes is do not involve in sex determination while sex-chromosome are involve in sex determination. >in autosomal pair position of centromere is the same . while in sex-chromosomes position of centromere may not be the same.
In heredity: Sex linkage â¦other pairs of chromosomes (called autosomes). The members of the autosome pairs are truly homologous; that is, each member of a pair contains a full complement of the same genes (albeit, perhaps, in different allelic forms). The sex chromosomes, on the other hand, do not constitute a homologous pair, asâ¦ Read More