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A sex linked trait can only be found on the x chromosome such as hemophilia, color blindness, and muscular dystrophy. These are traits that can only be inherited through chromosomes instead of regular traits coming through genes.

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It means that the genetic trait is carried on chromosome 23 (X or Y), the chromosome which determines sex.

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