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Adjective: sex-linked  seks lingkt
  1. Concerning characteristics that are determined by genes carried on the sex chromosomes (on the X chromosome in particular)
    "There are now about fifty sex-linked mutations known in Drosophila"

See also: sex linkage

Encyclopedia: Sex-linked

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