ADJECTIVE | pert | recessive, recessionary | of or pertaining to a recession |
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all | recessive | (of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical | |
NOUN | body | recessive, recessive allele | an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical |
Sounds | rahseh'sihv | |
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Rhymes | abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv... |
Meaning | Of or pertaining to a recession. | |
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Synonym | recessionary | |
Nouns | recession | the state of the economy declines |
Meaning | (of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical. | |
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Category | genetics, genetic science | The branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms |
Opposite | dominant | (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar / dissimilar |
Spanish | recesivo |
Meaning | An allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical. | |
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Synonym | recessive allele | |
Broader | allele, allelomorph | (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character |
Spanish | alelo recesivo, recesivo |
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