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adjective
Date: 1912
1. located on a sex chromosome <a sex-linked gene> 2. mediated by a sex-linked gene <a sex-linked character>
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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 — 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 — 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
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
