Definitions for sex-linked

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Spelling: [seks-lingkt]
IPA: /ˈsɛksˌlɪŋkt/

Sex-Linked is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 313 anagrams from letters in sex-linked (-deeiklnsx).

Definitions for sex-linked

adjective

  1. (of a gene) located in a sex chromosome.
  2. (of a character) determined by a gene located in a sex chromosome.

Origin of sex-linked

First recorded in 1910-15

Examples for sex-linked

In fact, any part of the body may be affected by a sex-linked factor.

It shows the relative positions of the gens of the sex-linked characters of Drosophila.

All the published data upon the linkage of white with other sex-linked characters have been collected into table 65.

Additional data for the study of sex-linked inheritance in Drosophila.

The result shows that the character is a sex-linked recessive.

We are justified, therefore, in speaking of the factors carried by the X chromosome as sex-linked.

This result is in accordance with the interpretation that bow is a sex-linked recessive.

A male transmits his sex-linked character to his daughters, who show it if dominant and conceal it if recessive.

This term (sex-linked) is intended to mean that such characters are carried by the X chromosome.

In sex-linked inheritance all sons show the characters of their mother.

Word Value for sex-linked
Scrable

10

Words with friends

10

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