sex-linked

[ seks-lingkt ]

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

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

Origin of sex-linked

1
First recorded in 1910–15

Other words from sex-linked

  • non·sex·linked, adjective

Words Nearby sex-linked

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How to use sex-linked in a sentence

  • These observations on sex-linked heredity confirm the idea that the sex chromosomes determine the sex.

  • The character white eye was therefore transmitted only to half the grandsons; it was a sex-linked character.

  • sex-linked, a term applied to traits which are connected with sex accidentally and not physiologically in development.

    Applied Eugenics | Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson
  • In fact, any part of the body may be affected by a sex-linked factor.

  • The factors that differentiate these varieties are sex linked.

Scientific definitions for sex-linked

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.

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