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SEX LINKAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sex linkage mean?
• SEX LINKAGE (noun)
The noun SEX LINKAGE has 1 sense:
1. an association between genes in sex chromosomes that makes some characteristics appear more frequently in one sex than in the other
Familiarity information: SEX LINKAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An association between genes in sex chromosomes that makes some characteristics appear more frequently in one sex than in the other
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("sex linkage" is a kind of...):
organic phenomenon ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)
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