sex-limited

sex-limited
Occurring in one sex only. See sex-limited inheritance.

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sex-lim·it·ed 'seks-.lim-ət-əd adj expressed in the phenotype of only one sex <a \sex-limited character>

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adj.
describing characteristics that are expressed differently in the two sexes but are controlled by genes not on the sex chromosomes, e.g. baldness in men.

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sex-lim·it·ed (seks-limґit-əd) affecting individuals of one sex only; see under trait.

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