Associations to the word «Recessive»
Noun
- Allele
- Mutation
- Inheritance
- Phenotype
- Trait
- Deficiency
- Gene
- Genes
- Syndrome
- Chromosome
- Retardation
- Disorder
- Abnormality
- Locus
- Deletion
- Defect
- Anemia
- Genetic
- Synonym
- Mal
- Onset
- Disease
- Genetics
- Dysfunction
- Rp
- Girdle
- Kidney
- Metabolism
- Prevalence
- Neurology
- Carrier
- Anomaly
- Palate
- Pattern
- Subunit
- Enzyme
- Accumulation
- Symptom
- Characteristic
- Biochemistry
- Incidence
- Parent
- Copy
- Infancy
- Parkinson
- Diarrhea
- Plumage
- Progressive
- Lipid
- Usher
- Carry
- Receptor
- Kinase
- Mode
- Dis
- Breed
- Definition
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
RECESSIVE, adjective. Going back; receding.
RECESSIVE, adjective. (genetics) Able to be covered up by a dominant trait.
Dictionary definition
RECESSIVE, noun. An allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical.
RECESSIVE, adjective. Of or pertaining to a recession.
RECESSIVE, adjective. (of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical.
Wise words
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