sex limitation
/ˌsɛks lɪmɪˈteɪʃn/Genetics
noun
The influence of an individual's sex on the inheritance or manifestation of a genetic or phenotypic characteristic; an instance of this.
- See note at sex-limited..
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Biometrika. From sex + limitation.
- run someone in
- run someone out
- run someone out of town
- run someone ragged
- run someone/thing close
- run someone/thing down
- run someone/thing over
- run someone/thing through
- run someone/thing to earth (or ground)
- run someone/thing to ground
- run something by (or past)
- run something down (or run down)
- run something in
- run something off
- run something up
- run something up the flagpole (to see who salutes)
- run stitch
- run-stopper
- run-stuffer
- runt
- runt disease
- runted
- run the gamut
- run the gauntlet
- run the risk (or run risks)