x-linked dominant inheritance

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   hereditary pattern in which a dominant gene on the X chromosome causes a characteristic to be manifested in the offspring

   Broaderinheritance

Questions about x-linked dominant inheritance

What does x-linked dominant inheritance mean?

x-linked dominant inheritance means "hereditary pattern in which a dominant gene on the X chromosome causes a characteristic to be manifested in the offspring".

Is x-linked dominant inheritance a common word?

x-linked dominant inheritance 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.