X-LINKED DOMINANT INHERITANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does X-linked dominant inheritance mean? 

• X-LINKED DOMINANT INHERITANCE (noun)
  The noun X-LINKED DOMINANT INHERITANCE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: X-LINKED DOMINANT INHERITANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• X-LINKED DOMINANT INHERITANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("X-linked dominant inheritance" is a kind of...):

hereditary pattern; inheritance ((genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents)