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X-LINKED GENE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does X-linked gene mean?
• X-LINKED GENE (noun)
The noun X-LINKED GENE has 1 sense:
1. a gene located on an X chromosome
Familiarity information: X-LINKED GENE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gene located on an X chromosome
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("X-linked gene" is a kind of...):
cistron; factor; gene ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity)
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