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sex-limited
[ seks-lim-i-tid ]
adjective
, Genetics.
- (of a gene character) expressed in one sex only.
sex-limited
adjective
- genetics of or designating a character or the gene producing it that appears in one sex only
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sex-limited1
First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences
No mental trait has ever been proved to be sex-limited in inheritance, or to exist as a secondary sex character.
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Maternity, as a vocation, is of course strictly sex limited.
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However, these books stop where the problems of human life begin and should be supplemented by lessons for sex-limited classes.
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This would indicate that the character is partially "sex-limited" (Morgan, 1914d) in its realization.
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Sex-limited inheritance of this nature has been carefully worked out in particular cases in Lepidoptera and poultry.
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