sex-limited

[ seks-lim-i-tid ]

/ ˈsɛksˌlɪm ɪ tɪd /

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adjective Genetics.

(of a gene character) expressed in one sex only.

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Origin of sex-limited

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby sex-limited

sexism, sexist, sexivalent, sex kitten, sexless, sex-limited, sex-linkage, sex-linked, sex-linked trait, sex object, sex offender

How to use sex-limited in a sentence

No mental trait has ever been proved to be sex-limited in inheritance, or to exist as a secondary sex character.
Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods|Harry L. Hollingworth
Maternity, as a vocation, is of course strictly sex limited.
Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods|Harry L. Hollingworth
However, these books stop where the problems of human life begin and should be supplemented by lessons for sex-limited classes.
Sex-education|Maurice Alpheus Bigelow
This would indicate that the character is partially "sex-limited" (Morgan, 1914d) in its realization.
Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila|Thomas Hunt Morgan

Sex-limited inheritance of this nature has been carefully worked out in particular cases in Lepidoptera and poultry.
Abstracts of Papers Read at the First International Eugenics Congress|Various

British Dictionary definitions for sex-limited

sex-limited

adjective

genetics of or designating a character or the gene producing it that appears in one sex only

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