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X-linked (eks´linkt) transmitted by genes on the X chromosome; sex-linked.

X-linked

adj.

Of, relating to, or characterized by genes situated on the X-chromosome.

X-linked

Located on the X chromosome, one of the sex chromosomes. X-linked genes follow a characteristic pattern of inheritance from one generation to the next.

Mentioned in: Lipidoses, Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome

X-linked

[eks′ lingkt]

pertaining to genes or to the characteristics or conditions they transmit that are carried on the X chromosome. Compare Y-linked. See also sex-linked disorder. X linkage, n.

X-linked [eks´lingkt]

transmitted by genes on the X chromosome; see also X-linked gene.

The probabilities of male relatives being affected and female relatives being carriers of an X-linked recessive disorder. All the daughters of an affected male are obligate carriers. From Mueller and Young, 2001.

X-linked

traits transmitted by genes on the X chromosome; sex-linked; the categories are X-linked dominant, X-linked recessive.

X-linked agammaglobinemia

see Bruton's agammaglobulinemia.

X-linked trait

sex-linked, e.g. coat color in cats, hemophilia.

X-linked

Sex linked Genetics adjective Referring to a mode of transmission in which a trait or gene is linked to the X chromosome and generally expressed only in males. See Gene, Mutation, Sex chromosome.

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