SEX LINKAGE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An association between genes in sex chromosomes that makes some characteristics appear more frequently in one sex than in the other

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("sex linkage" is a kind of...):

organic phenomenon ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)

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