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sex-linked inheritance
The inheritance of a trait (phenotype) that is determined by a gene located on one of the sex chromosomes. These traits, including many diseases, have characteristic patterns of familial transmission; for a century these patterns were used to localize the genes for these traits to a specific chromosome. As the genomes of many organisms have now been completely sequenced, reliance on the specific pattern of inheritance to map genes on sex chromosomes has waned.
- Μέρος του λόγου: noun
- Κλάδος/Τομέας: Επιστήμη
- Category: Γενική επιστήμη
- Company: McGraw-Hill
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