Meaning Of The Word Sex linkage

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What's The Definition Of Sex linkage?

sex linkage in American English
the phenomenon by which inherited characters are determined by genes carried on one of the sex chromosomes and are consequently linked with the sex of an individual

sex linkage in British English
noun: the condition in which a particular gene is located on a sex chromosome, esp on the X-chromosome, so that the character controlled by the gene is associated with either of the sexes

sex-linkage in American English
noun: 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

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