sex-limited

[ seks-lim-i-tid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Genetics.

sex-limited

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

First recorded in 1905–10

No mental trait has ever been proved to be sex-limited in inheritance, or to exist as a secondary sex character.

Maternity, as a vocation, is of course strictly sex limited.

However, these books stop where the problems of human life begin and should be supplemented by lessons for sex-limited classes.

This would indicate that the character is partially "sex-limited" (Morgan, 1914d) in its realization.

Sex-limited inheritance of this nature has been carefully worked out in particular cases in Lepidoptera and poultry.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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