recessive_allele (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *recessive allele*:
NOUN	body	recessive allele, recessive	an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical

English > *recessive allele*: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning	An allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical.
Synonym	recessive
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

HyperDic: recessive_allele