What does sex linkage mean?

sex linkage means "an association between genes in sex chromosomes that makes some characteristics appear more frequently in one sex than in the other".

Is sex linkage a common word?

sex linkage is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Sex linkage — meaning and definition

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1.
an association between genes in sex chromosomes that makes some characteristics appear more frequently in one sex than in the other
Broaderorganic phenomenon

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What does sex linkage mean?: sex linkage means "an association between genes in sex chromosomes that makes some characteristics appear more frequently in one sex than in the other".
Is sex linkage a common word?: sex linkage is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sex linkage come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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