sex-limited

[ seks-lim-i-tid ]

/ ˈsɛksˌlɪm ɪ tɪd /

(of a gene character) expressed in one sex only.

Origin of sex-limited

First recorded in 1905–10

This would indicate that the character is partially "sex-limited" (Morgan, 1914d) in its realization.

Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila |Thomas Hunt Morgan
The method of inheritance of two sex-limited characters in the same animal.

Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila |Thomas Hunt Morgan
However, these books stop where the problems of human life begin and should be supplemented by lessons for sex-limited classes.

Sex-education |Maurice Alpheus Bigelow
No mental trait has ever been proved to be sex-limited in inheritance, or to exist as a secondary sex character.

Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods |Harry L. Hollingworth

Sex-limited inheritance of this nature has been carefully worked out in particular cases in Lepidoptera and poultry.

Abstracts of Papers Read at the First International Eugenics Congress |Various

sex-limited

genetics of or designating a character or the gene producing it that appears in one sex only

sex-limited

Occurring or appearing only in one sex. Used of a genetic character or phenotype.

Having a sex-limited character or phenotype.