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X-LINKED GENE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does X-linked gene mean?

• X-LINKED GENE (noun)
The noun X-LINKED GENE has 1 sense:

1. a gene located on an X chromosome

Familiarity information: X-LINKED GENE used as a noun is very rare.

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• X-LINKED GENE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A gene located on an X chromosome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("X-linked gene" is a kind of...):

cistron; factor; gene ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity)

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