Definitions for "Sex-linked"
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Traits or diseases associated with the X or Y chromosome; generally seen in males. See also: gene, mutation, sex chromosome
A trait which is caused by mutation of a gene on the X chromosome, usually called X linkage to avoid confusion with Y linked traits.
genetic traits determined by genes carried on a sex chromosome.
Refers to a gene located on a sex chromosome or to a trait defined by such a gene. Such traits will appear with different frequencies in males and females, and males and females will differ in their ability to transmit the trait to their offspring. In order for a recessive sex-linked trait such as hemophilia or color blindness to manifest in the phenotype of a woman, it must be inherited from both mother and father; such diseases will be present in the phenotype of a man if he inherits it just from his mother.
Located on the X chromosome. Sex-linked (or x-linked) diseases are generally seen only in males.
Used to describe a gene or disease whose inheritance is related to sex in some way.
A gene that resides on one of the sex chromosomes.
A trait that is caused by a gene on a sex chromosome, usually the X. (The Y contains very few genes, all of them related to specifically male traits.) X-linked disorders are passed from mother to son. In the rare instance that a female inherits two copies of such a gene (muscular dystrophy, for example) the effect is usually lethal. No Y-linked disorders have yet been identified, but if they exist they would pass from father to son.
concerning characteristics that are determined by genes carried on the sex chromosomes (on the X chromosome in particular)
see X-linked inheritance
describing a gene carried on one of the sex chromosomes. It may be expressed phenotypically in either or both sexes.
Located on the X chromosome. Sex-linked diseases are only seen in men.
Gene that is linked to (i.e. resides on) a chromosome that determines gender (X chromosome in practice). In sex-linked recessive conditions, males are affected and females are carriers (usually).
A trait transmitted by one of the chromosomes determining sex of an individual.
Inheritance of a gene carried on a sex chromosome.
Traits, that may be either normal or disease causing that are derived from the genes or DNA of the X, Y chromosomes or mitochondrion.
a genetic trait whose genes are located on a sex chromosome (X or Y in humans).
a genetics disorder that is linked with one of the sex chromosomes
Any gene on the X-chromosome.
Refers to gene carried on the sex chromosome, usually the X.
A trait that is carried on a sex chromosome, usually the X-chromosme