sex-linked

American  

[seks-lingkt] / ˈsɛksˌlɪŋkt /

adjective

Genetics.

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

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

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sex-linked Scientific  

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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Other Word Forms

• nonsexlinked adjective

Etymology

Origin of sex-linked

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Because of their different, sex-linked biology, women get there differently from men, including in some aspects of the way the game itself is played.

From Washington Post

We are personally concerned that this requirement insufficiently accounts for the sex-linked physiological advantages that drive male dominance and the performance gap.

From Washington Post

Yet, as The Gendered Brain reveals, conclusive findings about sex-linked brain differences have failed to materialize.

From Nature

Many in vitro fertilization clinics that once offered genetic testing of embryos to prevent sex-linked medical disorders now also allow prospective parents to select the gender of the embryo because of a personal preference.

From The Wall Street Journal

Astronauts on space stations—as well as workers at nuclear power plants—also show no discernible sex-linked differences, he notes.

From Scientific American