- sex-linked
- adjective technical an illness or medical condition that is sex-linked is caused by the genes of only one sex and so is passed to children by parents of that sex
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
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sex-linked — sex′ linked adj. 1) gen (of a gene) located in a sex chromosome 2) gen (of a character) determined by a sex linked gene • Etymology: 1910–15 … From formal English to slang
sex-linked — See sex linkage. * * * sex linked adj 1) located in a sex chromosome <a sex linked gene> 2) mediated by a sex linked gene <a sex linked character> * * * adj. describing genes (or the characteristics controlled by them) that are… … Medical dictionary
sex-linked — adjective Date: 1912 1. located on a sex chromosome < a sex linked gene > 2. mediated by a sex linked gene < a sex linked character > … New Collegiate Dictionary
sex-linked — adj. describing genes (or the characteristics controlled by them) that are carried on the sex chromosomes, usually the X chromosome. The genes for certain disorders, such as haemophilia, are carried on the X chromosome; these genes and disorders… … The new mediacal dictionary
sex-linked inheritance — sex linked inheritance. См. сцепленное с полом наследование. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
sex-linked — /seks lingkt /, adj. Genetics. 1. (of a gene) located in a sex chromosome. 2. (of a character) determined by a gene located in a sex chromosome. [1910 15] * * * … Universalium
sex-linked — adjective concerning characteristics that are determined by genes carried on the sex chromosomes (on the X chromosome in particular) • Pertains to noun: ↑sex linkage … Useful english dictionary
sex-linked disorder — A genetic defect, usually due to a gene on the unpaired portion of the X chromosome. Recessive X linked alleles are fully expressed in the heterogametic sex because they can have only one copy of the gene. Thus X linked mutant disorders are more… … Dictionary of molecular biology
sex-linked genes — Genes in the sex chromosomes, linked in heredity to the genes determining sex … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
sex-linked gene — a gene carried on a sex chromosome (X or Y); the term has been used synonymously with X linked gene (q.v.), because the human Y chromosome carries so few genes other than those determining maleness, but is now little used to avoid ambiguity … Medical dictionary
