Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Carried by a sex chromosome, especially an X chromosome. Used of genes.
- adjective Sexually determined. Used especially of inherited traits.
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- adjective concerning characteristics that are determined by genes carried on the sex chromosomes (on the X chromosome in particular)
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Examples
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This observation indicates that given enough time, dimporhism can be sex-linked.
Survival of the Weakest? Dave Hurteau 2009
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This type of inheritance of XLP follows an “X-linked” or “sex-linked” recessive pattern.
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If you have a sex-linked disorder, we can identify the gender of the embryos to avoid transmission of these diseases.
A Baby at Last! Mark L. Fuerst 2010
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Embryos can also be sorted to avoid X-linked sex-linked disorders such as hemophilia, muscular dystrophy, and many others.
A Baby at Last! Mark L. Fuerst 2010
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Because the genes that cause hemophilia are sex-linked, the vast majority of sufferers are male.
Hemophilia: stopping the bleeding ewillett 2008
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By then, yet another reason for wanting to know fetal sex had emerged: a growing understanding of the genetic basis of sex-linked diseases such as hemophilia, the bleeding disorder that affects males much more often than females.
Origins Annie Murphy Paul 2010
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» In cats, the calico and tortoiseshell coats are sex-linked traits.
Pet Cat Trivia 2009
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» In cats, the calico and tortoiseshell coats are sex-linked traits.
Pet Cat Trivia 2009
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Control of UV-B immunosuppression in the mouse by autosomal and sex-linked factors.
Potential impacts of direct mechanisms of climate change on human health in the Arctic 2009
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Several poskim even allow sex selection if it is done in order to avoid a sex-linked disease such as hemophilia (R. Auerbach).
Reproductive Technology, New (NRT). leBeit Yoreh 2009
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