Vegetarianism /vÉdÊÉªËtÉÉriÉnÉªzÉm/ is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, and the flesh of any other animal), and may also include abstention from by-products of animal slaughter. Vegetarianism may be adopted for various reasons. Many people object to eating meat out of respect for sentient life.
Split and merge into it. Answer by Iamduffan. Confidence votes 4.5K. Genetic traits carried on the X chromosome are called sex-linked traits, because they don't affect both genders equally.
Genes on the sex chromosomes are said to be sex linked. In the XY sex determination system of mammals, the X chromosomes carry a full set of genes, but the Y chromosomes carry few genes. Alleles or genes which are not sex-linked are called autosomal.