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X-LINKED DOMINANT INHERITANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hereditary pattern in which a dominant gene on the X chromosome causes a characteristic to be manifested in the offspring
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("X-linked dominant inheritance" is a kind of...):
hereditary pattern; inheritance ((genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents)