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X-linked genes

X-linked genes is the plural of X-linked gene.

Meaning of X-linked gene

Noun

X-linked gene (plural X-linked genes)

  1. Any gene located on the sex chromosomes. Typically, these genes are found on the X chromosome and not on the Y chromosome.

Questions about X-linked genes

What is X-linked genes the plural of?
X-linked genes is the plural of X-linked gene.

Words near X-linked genes in the dictionary

  1. X-junction
  2. X-junctions
  3. X-light
  4. X-linked
  5. X-linked gene
  6. X-linked genes
  7. X-linked trait
  8. X-linked traits
  9. X-machine
  10. X-machines
  11. x-mas

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