How to Use autosomal in a Sentence

autosomal

adjective
  • None of them have been reported in my family, and all of them have an autosomal dominant inheritance.
    — Jennifer Billock, Good Housekeeping, 20 Jan. 2022
  • These proportions are both higher than anything in the autosomal DNA.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2012
  • The technique searches for autosomal DNA in genetic fragments in the body sample.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 28 Oct. 2021
  • The second paper uses a SNP-chip; hundreds of thousands of autosomal markers.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2012
  • Soon, the site also allowed for segment-by-segment comparisons of autosomal DNA.
    — Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Key Takeaways Huntington’s disease is a genetic condition that is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern.
    — Brigid Dwyer, Verywell Health, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The symptoms of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease don't show up until adulthood—usually between the ages of 30 and 40, says the NKF.
    — Hallie Levine, Health.com, 19 Nov. 2021
  • With the advent of autosomal-DNA testing, detectives began to surreptitiously rummage through those repositories, too.
    — Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021
  • From there, Othram generated a data file containing her autosomal DNA, the genetic material that is shared among families.
    — New York Times, 27 Mar. 2022
  • Issues such as autosomal dominance, acceptable prophylactic treatment, and penetrance are all considerations, including whether the disease is adult-onset in pediatric contexts.
    — M. Sara Rosenthal, STAT, 25 June 2026
  • Co-founded by Anne Wojcicki, a biotech analyst, 23andMe used autosomal DNA, which could better trace recent relatives on both the patrilineal and the matrilineal lines.
    — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
  • BridgeBio submitted an application to the FDA seeking approval of its drug encaleret to treat patients with autosomal dominant hypocalcemia type 1, or ADh2, a rare genetic disease that causes low calcium levels in the blood.
    — Elaine Chen, STAT, 12 May 2026
  • Further examinations revealed that the golden retriever TNNI3 mutation is autosomal recessive.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2025

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'autosomal.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: