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sex-linked

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sex-linked (seks´linkt) transmitted by a gene located on the X chromosome.
sex-linked
adj.
1. Carried by a sex chromosome, especially an X-chromosome. Used of genes.
2. Sexually determined. Used especially of inherited traits.
Sex-linked
Refers to genes or traits carried on one of the sex chromosomes, usually the X.
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sex-linked,
pertaining to genes carried on the sex chromosomes, particularly the X chromosome, or to the traits they control. See also sex-linked disorder, X-linked inheritance, Y-linked. sex linkage, n.
sex-linked [seks-linkt´]
determined by a gene located on a sex chromosome; only X linkage has clinical significance.
sex-linked
determined by a gene located on a sex chromosome. Although a trait may be X-linked or Y-linked, virtually all clinically significant sex-linked traits are transmitted by genes located on the X chromosome; therefore, the terms sex-linked and X-linked are used synonymously. See also sex-linked gene.
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