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X-linked

Pronunciation: (eks'lingkt"), [key]

— adj. Genetics.

of or pertaining to a trait controlled by a gene or genes on thechromosome.
of or pertaining to a gene on anchromosome.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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