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"Recessive" Definition

noun

Genetics A recessive allele or trait.
Genetics An organism having a recessive trait.
An organism possessing one or more recessive characters.
A recessive character or gene.

adjective

Genetics Of, relating to, or designating an allele that does not produce a characteristic effect when present with a dominant allele.
Of or relating to a trait that is expressed only when the determining allele is present in the homozygous condition.
Tending to go backward or recede.
Tending to .
Producing little or no phenotypic effect when occurring in heterozygous condition with a contrasting allele .

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