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X-LINKED DOMINANT INHERITANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does X-linked dominant inheritance mean?
• X-LINKED DOMINANT INHERITANCE (noun)
The noun X-LINKED DOMINANT INHERITANCE has 1 sense:
1. hereditary pattern in which a dominant gene on the X chromosome causes a characteristic to be manifested in the offspring
Familiarity information: X-LINKED DOMINANT INHERITANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• X-LINKED DOMINANT INHERITANCE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hereditary pattern in which a dominant gene on the X chromosome causes a characteristic to be manifested in the offspring
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("X-linked dominant inheritance" is a kind of...):
hereditary pattern; inheritance ((genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents)
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