Definitions for sex-linkage

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sex-linkage sex-link·age

Spelling: [seks-ling-kij]

IPA: /ˈsɛksˌlɪŋ kɪdʒ/

Sex-Linkage is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 556 anagrams from letters in sex-linkage (-aeegiklnsx).

Definitions for sex-linkage

noun

1. an association between genes in sex chromosomes such that the characteristics determined by these genes appear more frequently in one sex than in the other.

Origin of sex-linkage

First recorded in 1910-15

Examples for sex-linkage

The F2 ratio in table 21 is evidently the 2:1:1 ratio typical of sex-linkage, but with the bow males running behind expectation.