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SEX LINKAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sex linkage mean? 

SEX LINKAGE (noun)
  The noun SEX LINKAGE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SEX LINKAGE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SEX LINKAGE (noun)


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Meaning:

An association between genes in sex chromosomes that makes some characteristics appear more frequently in one sex than in the other

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("sex linkage" is a kind of...):

organic phenomenon ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)


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