sex factor

nounGenetics.

a sex-determining chromosome or gene.
Also called F factor, fertility factor . a plasmid in certain bacteria that enables transfer of genetic material from a donor cell to a recipient by conjugation, resulting in recombination.

Origin of sex factor

First recorded in 1905–10

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So you were concerned about the sex factor, with the level of sexuality she was portraying?
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It follows from this that we are unable as yet to locate the sex factor or factors in the X chromosome.
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Because it leaves out the common sex-factor; the one that is shared alike by the Fidelias and the Joans and all the rest of us.
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