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 An autosomal chromosome is any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome. Autosomal chromosomes are symmetrically inherited from the parents. They carry genetic information and are present in the nucelus of all cells, alongside the sex chromosomes. 

 Alberts, Johnson, Lewis, Raff, Roberts, Walter, (2008), Molecular Biology of the Cell, 5th edition, New York: Garland Science