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PRONUNCIATION OF SEX LINKAGE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEX LINKAGE

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Sex linkage is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SEX LINKAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sex linkage

Sex linkage is the phenotypic expression of an allele related to the chromosomal sex of the individual. This mode of inheritance is in contrast to the inheritance of traits on autosomal chromosomes, where both sexes have the same probability of inheritance. Since humans have many more genes on the X than the Y, there are many more X-linked traits than Y-linked traits. In mammals, the female is the homogametic sex, with two X chromosomes, while the male is heterogametic, with one X and one Y chromosome. Genes on the X or Y chromosome are called sex-linked. In birds, the opposite is true: the male is the homogametic sex, having two Z chromosomes, and the female is heterogametic, having one Z and one W chromosome. X-linked recessive traits are expressed in all heterogametics, but are only expressed in those homogametics that are homozygous for the recessive allele. For example, an X-linked recessive allele in humans causes hemophilia. Hemophilia is much more common in males than females because males are hemizygous - they only have one copy of the gene in question - and therefore express the trait when they inherit one mutant allele.

Definition of sex linkage in the English dictionary

The definition of sex linkage in the dictionary is the condition in which a particular gene is located on a sex chromosome, esp on the X-chromosome, so that the character controlled by the gene is associated with either of the sexes.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SEX LINKAGE

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Synonyms and antonyms of sex linkage in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sex linkage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEX LINKAGE

Find out the translation of sex linkage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sex linkage 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 linkage» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

联动性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ligamiento al sexo
570 millions of speakers

English

sex linkage
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सेक्स संबंध
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الربط الجنس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

секс связь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ligação ao sexo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যৌন সংযোগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

liaison sexe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hubungan seks
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sex -Bindung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

伴性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

섹스 링크
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sex linkage
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mối liên kết quan hệ tình dục
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செக்ஸ் இணைப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लैंगिक संबंध
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Cinsel ilişki
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

linkage sesso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

seks podnośnik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

секс зв´язок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

legătură sex
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φύλο σύνδεση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

seks koppeling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kön bindning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sex kobling
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sex linkage

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEX LINKAGE»

The term «sex linkage» is normally little used and occupies the 150.918 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEX LINKAGE»

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Sex Linkage of Intelligence: The X-Factor
Theorizes that the great variability in male intelligence is linked to the X chromosome and presents an evolutionary theory that is based on the belief that intelligence is passed from mother to son and not from father to son.
Robert Gordon Lehrke, 1997
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Genetics and Fish Breeding
8.3 SEX LINKAGE Since the differences between the sexes in fish are frequently seen as colour variations and since visual attributes such as colour are of immediate interest and appeal to amateur breeders or fanciers, it is not surprising that ...
C.E. Purdom, 1993
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The Gist of Genetics: Guide to Learning and Review
However, the Y chromosome nevertheless lacks many genes found on the X chromosome. As a consequence, genes on the X chromosome display a special pattern of inheritance called sex linkage. Because the male has only one copy of  ...
Rowland H. Davis, Stephen G. Weller, 1997
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Heredity, Disease, and Man
There is some evidence for partial sex-linkage in certain animals, but the evidence for partial sex- linkage in man is far less compelling. Partial sex-linkage has been proposed as a possible explanation for certain diseases which appear to be ...
Alan E. H. Emery
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Sex Chromosomes and Sex Determination in Vertebrates
coined the name "pseudoautosomal" for genes distal to the proposed crossover and the region harboring them, meaning that these genes would show either different transmission to male and female offspring (partial sex linkage) or equal ...
Alberto J. Solari, 1993
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AP Biology, 2nd Ed. (Book Only)
SEX-LINKAGE. Of the 46 human chromosomes, 44 (22 pairs) are autosomes and 2 are sex chromosomes, X and Y. Traits carried on the X chromosome are called sex-linked. Few genes are carried on the Y chromosome. Females (XX) inherit ...
Deborah T. Goldberg, M.S.
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Diseases and Disorders in Infancy and Early Childhood
Evidence for sex-linkage occurs when a disorder is associated with specific polymorphisms on chromosome X. The genetic signature of affected individuals is compared to that of unaffected individuals. Sex-linkage is demonstrated if a specific ...
Janette B. Benson, Marshall M. Haith, 2009
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Concepts in Biology' 2007 Ed.2007 Edition
597 Sex linkage occurs when genes are located on the chromosomes that determine the sex of an individual. The Y chromosome is much shorter than the X chromosome and has fewer genes for traits than found on the X chromosome ( figure ...
Enger, Eldon Et Al
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Endless Forms: Species and Speciation
... body color, pheromones. and mating behavior are primarily sex limited in expression and are X-linked (Grula and Taylor 1980a,b1. In this chapter, I review speciation in Lepidoptera in light 309 23: Sex Linkage and Speciation in Lepidoptera.
Daniel J. Howard, Stewart H. Berlocher, 1998
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The Evolution of Sex Determination
However, many Y chromosomes still recombine over large regions (even sporadically), which weak- ens sex linkage and thus attractiveness for SA genes; non-recombining regions degenerate (Sec- tion 5.2.2b), restricting the scope for the ...
Leo Beukeboom, Nicolas Perrin, 2014

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEX LINKAGE»

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High-density linkage mapping aided by transcriptomics documents …
All sex-linked markers in the family we used were located on a single linkage group, LG60, and sex linkage was confirmed by genome-wide association studies ... «Nature.com, Apr 15»

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