( ( -LSB- ( top | ) ) ( ( ( ( ( back ( -RSB- autosomal ) ) : ) ( describes ( ( a trait ) ( showing ( ( a pattern ) ( of segregation ) ) ) ) ) ) ( characteristic ( of ( ( a gene ) ( located ( on ( ( an autosome ) ( -LRB- ( not ( ( a ( sex chromosome ) ) -RRB- ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (JJ -LSB-) (JJ top) (NNS |)) (VP (VP (ADVP (RB back)) (VBZ -RSB-) (ADJP (JJ autosomal))) (: :) (VP (VBZ describes) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN trait)) (VP (VBG showing) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN pattern)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN segregation))))))) (ADJP (JJ characteristic) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN gene)) (VP (VBN located) (PP (IN on) (NP (NP (DT an) (NN autosome)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (RB not) (NP (DT a) (NN sex) (NN chromosome)) (-RRB- -RRB-))))))))) (. .)))
[ top | back ] autosomal: describes a trait showing a pattern of segregation characteristic of a gene located on an autosome (not a sex chromosome).
(ROOT (S (NP (JJ Sex-linked) (NNS traits)) (VP (VBP are) (VP (VBN located) (PP (IN on) (NP (NP (NNS genes)) (PP (IN on) (NP (NN sex) (NNS chromosomes))))))) (. .)))