recessively
- adverb
- /rɪˈsɛsɪvli/
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recesivamente
- This general pharmacogenetic approach of developing agents to override the effect of stop mutations might perhaps be extended beyond cystic fibrosis to other diseases caused by such mutations, which include most of the common autosomal recessively inherited disorders.
- autosomal recessively
- recessively inherited
- recessively inherited disorder
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I did say "in theory" because in practice the F2 (second generation) cross is found from experimental breeding to result in massive variation among the F2 pups, so with strict (or lucky) selection, this F2 generation can contain some pups that have no disease genes either expressed or recessively carried.
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An individual may carry a recessively inherited gene without showing any symptoms of the related disorder.
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Certain traits, like blue eyes, are often inherited recessively and may skip generations in a family.
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In genetics, disorders such as cystic fibrosis are passed down recessively, requiring both parents to carry the gene.
How Dominant
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Recessively comes from Latin parts re- 'back' and cedere 'to go', and you can see the same idea in English words like recede and recess. In genetics, a trait passed recessively is like it 'goes back' into the background and only shows when two copies of the gene are present.
