sex linkage

/sɛks ˌlɪŋkɪdʒ/
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Definitions of sex linkage
  1. noun
    an association between genes in sex chromosomes that makes some characteristics appear more frequently in one sex than in the other
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    type of:
    organic phenomenon
    (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals
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