Definitions for "Sex linkage"
The pattern of inheritance characteristic of genes located on the sex chromosomes of organisms having a chromosomal mechanism for sex determination.
an association between genes in sex chromosomes that makes some characteristics appear more frequently in one sex than in the other
The condition in which the inheritance of a sex chromosome is coupled with that of a given gene; e.g., red-green color blindness and hemophilia in humans. Traits located on the X-chromosome.