HyperDic: recessive_gene

English > 1 sense of the expression recessive gene:
NOUNbodyrecessive genegene that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical
English > recessive gene: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaninggene that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical.
Example"the recessive gene for blue eyes"
Broadergene, cistron, factor(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain

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