SEX-LINKED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Concerning characteristics that are determined by genes carried on the sex chromosomes (on the X chromosome in particular)

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

sex linkage (an association between genes in sex chromosomes that makes some characteristics appear more frequently in one sex than in the other)

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