sex-linked

[seks-lingkt]

adjective

Genetics.

1. (of a gene) located in a sex chromosome.

2. (of a character) determined by a gene located in a sex chromosome.

sex-linked

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

Other Word Forms

• nonsexlinked adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sex-linked¹

First recorded in 1910–15