sex-linked
Americanadjective
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(of a gene) located in a sex chromosome.
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(of a character) determined by a gene located in a sex chromosome.
Other Word Forms
- nonsexlinked adjective
Etymology
Origin of sex-linked
First recorded in 1910–15
Vocabulary lists containing sex-linked
Genetics - Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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Genetics - Middle School
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Genetics - High School
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Example Sentences
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Their analysis showed that females and males younger than 50 with the variant do not show the typical sex-linked differences in blood pressure.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2024
The estimate includes people with extra or missing sex-linked chromosomes, and those born with other physical variations that don’t fit into categories of “male” or “female.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023
Although scientists have not worked out the genetics, the absence of tusks appears to be a sex-linked trait and rarely occurs among males, except through injury.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2018
Based on a pedigree, you can often determine if an allele for a trait is dominant or recessive, as well as if it is autosomal or sex-linked.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018
I suspect that the distinction between a maternal and a paternal instinct is scarcely worth making; the parental instinct, the wish to protect, to further, is not a sex-linked characteristic….
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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