Recessive

Quick meaning: Recessive is an adjective meaning Going back; receding.

Meaning

Going back; receding.

More Meanings

1. (genetics) Able to be masked by a dominant allele or trait.
2. (by extension) Not dominant; whose effect is masked by stronger effects.
3. (genetics) A gene that is recessive.

Example Sentences

The worker–client relationship is more recessive and has a more catalytic and enabling quality.

This plan takes advantage of the fact that barless is the most recessive of a series of alleles.

Suppose, for example, that we started with a population consisting of pure dominants, heterozygotes, and recessives in the ratio 1 : 4 : 4.

The series of murine Agouti alleles is a consistent array as it progresses from the most recessive to the most dominant allele (Jackson, 1994).

Word Forms

• recessives

Antonyms for recessive

Common opposites include dominant.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include implicit, hidden, invisible, retiring, subordinate, passive.

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