recessive gene
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- noun
- /rɪˈsɛsɪv dʒin/
- Specialized
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gen recesivo
- Second, it ignores recessive genes that a person may inherit but not exhibit.
- dominant and recessive gene
Examples
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For a recessive gene, both parents must pass on the same version for the trait to show in their child.
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But at 26, Stanton, who was born with profound developmental disabilities because of a recessive gene, can't live independently.
Blog text (10) -
It's a recessive gene carried down through families.
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Only a 25 percent chance if the mother had a recessive gene for blue eyes.
Fiction book (1990) -
Of course, she knows it means one dominant and one recessive gene.
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It's caused by two recessive genes... and happens to the offspring of normal parents.
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Study and discuss dominant and recessive gene characteristics and look at your own family tree.
Academic text (1995) -
Any number of recessive genes, if carried by both parents, offer a 25% risk of disaster with each pregnancy.
Blog text (29) -
We show that the resistance in the two lines was controlled by a single recessive gene, cla.
Academic text (2018) -
Thus, phenotypic data from the present study suggested that anthracnose resistance in Gy14 and WI2757 may be controlled by a single recessive gene.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
A form of a gene that shows only when both copies are the same
Antonyms
- Specialized
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A gene that makes a trait appear when only one copy is present and hides the other gene
How Dominant
Surface Forms
Morphology
The term is compositionally built: 'recessive' (not expressed unless in homozygotes / masked by a dominant allele) modifies 'gene' (a DNA segment), so the meaning — a gene whose effect only appears when two copies are present — follows directly from the constituents. Although 'recessive' is somewhat technical, the semantic combination is literal and parallels equivalent constructions in other languages, making it transparent to a learner who knows both words.
Etymology
The term recessive gene comes from the idea that recessive means 'pushed back', so the gene is hidden by a stronger 'dominant' gene. That's why a recessive gene means a gene whose effect is 'hidden' unless two copies are present.