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PRONUNCIATION OF SEX-LIMITED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEX-LIMITED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sex-Limited is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SEX-LIMITED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sex-limited genes

Sex-limited genes are genes that are present in both sexes of sexually reproducing species but are expressed in only one sex and remain 'turned off' in the other. In other words, sex-limited genes cause the two sexes to show different traits or phenotypes, despite having the same genotype. This term is restricted to autosomal traits, and should not be confused with sex-linked characteristics, which have to do with genetic differences on the sex chromosomes. Sex-limited genes are also distinguished from sex-influenced genes, where the same gene will show differential expression in each sex. Sex-influenced genes commonly show a dominant/recessive relationship, where the same gene will have a dominant effect in one sex and a recessive effect in the other. Sex-limited genes are responsible for sexual dimorphism, which is a phenotypic difference between males and females of the same species. These differences can be reflected in size, color, behavior, and morphology. An example of sex-limited genes are genes which instruct the male elephant seals to grow big and fight, at the same time instructing female seals to grow small and avoid fights.

Definition of sex-limited in the English dictionary

The definition of sex-limited in the dictionary is of or designating a character or the gene producing it that appears in one sex only.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEX-LIMITED

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Sexagesima
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WORDS THAT END LIKE SEX-LIMITED

accredited
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Synonyms and antonyms of sex-limited in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sex-limited» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEX-LIMITED

Find out the translation of sex-limited to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sex-limited from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sex-limited» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

性别限制
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sexo - limitado
570 millions of speakers

English

sex-limited
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सेक्स सीमित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

محدودة الجنس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

секс - ограничено
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

limitada ao sexo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সেক্স-সীমাবদ্ধ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sexe limitée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terhad kepada seks
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sex - begrenzt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

限性の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

성별 제한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Watesan seks
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giới tính giới hạn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாலியல் மட்டுமே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लिंग-मर्यादित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cinsiyet sınırlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sex -limited
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ograniczone seks
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

секс - обмежено
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

limitată sex
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φύλο περιορίζεται
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

seks - beperk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kon- begränsade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sex begrenset
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sex-limited

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEX-LIMITED»

The term «sex-limited» is normally little used and occupies the 149.584 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEX-LIMITED»

Discover the use of sex-limited in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sex-limited and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Genetics For Dummies
Traits such as color differences between male and female birds are sex limited; both males and females inherit the genes for color, but the genes are expressed only in one sex (usually the male). In mammals, both males and females possess  ...
Tara Rodden Robinson, 2011
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Evolution of Sex-limited Mimicry in Swallowtail Butterflies
Krushnamegh Jagannath Kunte. Since males and females face different predation risks, mimetic advantage will also differ between the sexes, which can be denoted by two sex-specific functions. For females, Mf = "af R+ zf (2) For males, ...
Krushnamegh Jagannath Kunte, 2008
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Human Heredity: Principles and Issues
Sex-limited genes I_oci that produce a phenotype in only one sex. Analysis of skin cells from the color-blind twin showed that almost all of the active X chromosomes came from her father and carry the allele for color blindness. In the twin with ...
Michael Cummings, 2013
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Competition Science Vision
Sex-limited Traits : A sex-limited trait affects a body structure or function present in only one sex. The gene that controls such a trait may be sex-linked or autosomal, and it may be difficult to distinguish between the two. Sex-limited inheritance is ...
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Fundamentals of Genetic Epidemiology
Sex-limited traits, where only males express the phenotype, can easily be confused with holandric traits. The key difference is that daughters of affected males can neither express nor transmit the trait in question. Clearly, since fully half the ...
Muin J. Khoury, Terri H. Beaty, Bernice H. Cohen, 1993
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Human Heredity: Principles and Issues, Updated Edition
Sex-limited genes Loci that produce a phenotype in only one sex. □ Precocious puberty An autosomal dominanttrait expressed in a sexlimited fashion. Heterozygous males are affected, but heterozygous females are not. In humans, both X ...
Michael Cummings, 2006
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Comprehensive Biotechnology II: Including Cell Biology, ...
Sex limited genes mainly control the expression of primary and secondary sexual characters. 3 1 . When the penetrance of the gene in one sex is zero, the trait is considered as sex limited trait. 32. Sex limited genes differ from sex linked genes  ...
V. Sreekrishna, 2006
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Genetics And Plant Breeding
expression in the vertebrates is governed by the sex hormones. Sex limited genes are responsible for the secondary sexual characteristics as well as primary sexual characters. Examples 1. In man the beard is produced by sex-limited genes.
L.D. Vijendra Das, 2006
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Female Hierarchies
The gene is a sex-limited one. Some sex-limited characters have been thoroughly investigated genetically because of their economic importance. Milk production in cattle and egg production in chickens are traits that can be observed only in ...
Tiger
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An Introduction to the Study of Cytology
these will continue to produce sons and daughters that are exceptions to the normal rule of sex-limited transmission. For a female of constitution XXY will produce four kinds of mature eggs, bearing XY, X,XX, and Y, and of these the XX and Y ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEX-LIMITED»

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UPSC Civil Services Main Exam 2013 Question Papers: Zoology …
(c) Describe the phenomena of mimesis and crypsis in animal with suitable examples. (d) What are sex-linked and sex-limited characters? Explain by suitable ... «PrepSure, Nov 14»
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Playing God with pipettes: The ethics and implications of sex …
... MicroSort "for genetic disease prevention for families who have an increased risk of a sex-linked or sex-limited disease," at least for the next six months. «Peace and Conflict Monitor, Jul 14»
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The new butterfly effect
The new study from the University of Chicago, published in Nature, looks at so-called “sex-limited mimicry” in the Asian swallowtail species Papilio polytes. «Financial Times, Mar 14»
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Happy Oysters, Tricky Butterflies
... but it's possible that this sex differentiation pathway that we found in butterflies could be a pathway that's more broadly important for sex-limited polymorphism.” «California Academy of Sciences, Mar 14»
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A single gene, doublesex, controls wing mimicry in butterflies
To identify its function, Kronforst and his team studied Papilio polytes, an Asian swallowtail butterfly species that displays sex-limited mimicry. Females possess ... «Phys.Org, Mar 14»
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A Single Gene Controls Wing Mimicry In Butterflies
To identify its function, Kronforst and his team studied Papilio polytes, an Asian swallowtail butterfly species that displays sex-limited mimicry. Females possess ... «RedOrbit, Mar 14»
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Nya rön om ålder och kön
Referenser: Anne Lehtovaara, Holger Schielzeth, Ilona Flis, and Urban Friberg: Heritability of lifespan is largely sex-limited in Drosophila, American Naturalist. «Svenska Dagbladet, Sep 13»
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Livslängd nedärvs huvudsakligen inom könen enligt ny studie
Referens: Anne Lehtovaara, Holger Schielzeth, Ilona Flis, and Urban Friberg: Heritability of lifespan is largely sex-limited in Drosophila, American Naturalist. «forskning.se, Sep 13»
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MicroSort(R) Gender Selection Available In Switzerland
More than 500 sex-linked or sex-limited genetic diseases, including Duchenne muscular dystrophy and hemophilia, appear to affect primarily or exclusively ... «PR Newswire UK, May 13»
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Aviagen to include genomics information on broiler products
This is especially important for attributes for which there is a limited amount of individual record of performance at the time of selection, like sex-limited traits. «WorldPoultry.net, Sep 12»

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