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sex chromosome


sex chromosome

noun

Definition of SEX CHROMOSOME

: a chromosome that is inherited differently in the two sexes, that is concerned directly with the inheritance of sex, and that is the seat of factors governing the inheritance of various sex-linked and sex-limited characters — compare x chromosome, y chromosome
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1906

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