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recessive

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Adjective

(of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical

of or pertaining to a recession

Noun

an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical

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Synonyms:
recessionary recessive allele

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "recessive":
recessive receive
Words contain "recessive":
autosomal recessive defect autosomal recessive disease recessive recessive allele recessive gene x-linked recessive inheritance
Words contain "recessive" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
thrombasthenia pseudohypertrophic dystrophy tyrosinemia alcaptonuria alkaptonuria duchenne's muscular dystrophy niemann-pick disease galactosemia autosomal recessive disease autosomal recessive defect more...

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