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sex linkage

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sex-link⋅age

  [seks-ling-kij]
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–noun Genetics.
an association between genes in sex chromosomes such that the characteristics determined by these genes appear more frequently in one sex than in the other.
Origin:
1910–15
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sex linkage  
n.  The condition in which a gene responsible for a specific trait is located on a sex chromosome, resulting in sexually dependent inheritance of the trait.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sex–link·age
Pronunciation: -"li[ng]k-ij
Function: noun
: the quality or state of being sex-linked
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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sex linkage n.
The condition in which a gene responsible for a specific trait is located on a sex chromosome, resulting in sex-linked inheritance of the trait.

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sex linkage  
The condition in which a gene responsible for a trait is located on a sex chromosome, resulting in sexually dependent inheritance of the trait.
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Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
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