the term describes traits that are inherited via either X or the Y chromosome.
Genes on the X chromosome are said to be X-linked.
Genes on the Y chromosomes are called Y-linked genes.
Sex Influenced Traits - traits that are controlled by the allele found not in the sex cells but on the autosomal (cell which means that they are not found in the X or Y chromosome) but its expression in an individual are influenced by the presence of hormones does traits can be seen in both male and female but in varying degree of frequency.
Sex Limited Traits
traits that are present in both sexes of sexually reproducing species but are expressed in only one sex and remain 'turned off' in the other.
in other words, sex limited genes cause the two sexes to show different traits or phenotypes, despite having the same genotype.
