recessive

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noun

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

adjective

of or pertaining to a recession

Recessive in a sentence

This plan takes advantage of the fact that barless is the most recessive of a series of alleles.

The series of murine Agouti alleles is a consistent array as it progresses from the most recessive to the most dominant allele (Jackson, 1994).

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