sex-linked

[ seks-lingkt ]

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adjective

, Genetics.

sex-linked

Relating to a gene carried on, or a trait transmitted by, a sex chromosome. Color blindness and hemophilia in humans are sex-linked traits.

First recorded in 1910–15

These observations on sex-linked heredity confirm the idea that the sex chromosomes determine the sex.

The character white eye was therefore transmitted only to half the grandsons; it was a sex-linked character.

Sex-Linked, a term applied to traits which are connected with sex accidentally and not physiologically in development.

In fact, any part of the body may be affected by a sex-linked factor.

The factors that differentiate these varieties are sex linked.

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