y-linked gene

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   a gene located on a Y chromosome

   Synonymsholandric gene

   Broadergene

Questions about y-linked gene

What does y-linked gene mean?

y-linked gene means "a gene located on a Y chromosome".

What is another word for y-linked gene?

Close synonyms include holandric gene. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is y-linked gene a common word?

y-linked gene 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.