Crossword clues for recessive
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Recessive \Re*ces"sive\ (r[-e]*s[e^]s"s[i^]v), a.
Going back; receding.
(Genetics) Not appearing in the phenotype unless both alleles of the organism have the same trait; -- of genetic characteristics, or of the genes coding for such characteristics, in diploid organisms. Opposite of dominant; hemophilia is a recessive trait.
Recessive \Re*ces"sive\ (r[-e]*s[e^]s"s[i^]v), n. (Genetics) A genetic trait determined by a recessive[2] allele; a trait not appearing in the phenotype unless both chromosomes of the organism have the same allele; also, an allele which is recessive[2].
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1670s, from Latin recess-, past participle stem of recedere (see recede) + -ive. Linguistics sense is from 1879; in genetics, 1900, from German recessiv (Mendel, 1865). Related: Recessiveness.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Going back; receding. 2 (context genetics English) Able to be covered up by a dominant trait.
WordNet
adj. of or pertaining to a recession [syn: recessionary]
of genes; producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical [ant: dominant]
Usage examples of "recessive".
He has taught himself to see her, has named that recessive allele that manifests itself only once every hundred generations.
It was, of course, the existence of the haploid Flenni generation, which made the diploid Esthaans so healthy-each time the pairs of Esthaan chromosome broke apart to form a Flenn individual, every sort of recessive defect emerged without an allele to temper it.
This appears to be a recessive, but probably involves multiple allelomorphs in man, as in other animals.
In any case, it was not until the hinges squealed that Joe looked up to find an older, pastier version of Franchot Tone, the weak chin weaker, the recessive hairline farther along in its flight.
Likewise, Roger must have two copies of the non-rolling recessive gene, since if he had even one of the dominant genes, he could do it-and he can't.
Luce’s “Autosomal Transmission of Recessive Traits,” goes into more detail than I think you would care to know about.
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But-" 1 continued, raising a finger, "we must also each have a recessive gene, that doesn't allow tongue-rolling.
We term the W gene the dominant gene and say that the trait of compound-pinnate leaves is dominant over the recessive trait of webbed leaves.
To illustrate with the example you've offered -- brown hair versus blond -- let's imagine a dominant gene, B, for brownness, and its recessive counterpart, W, for whiteness.
So, you see, guys, that both my parents and Sandra's parents had a recessive gene for red hair, but my parents had a dominant gene for blonde hair and hers had a dominant for either brown or black.
Since all four phenotypes of the back-cross progeny contain at least one each of both recessive genes or one each of both dominant genes, the back-cross phenotype is a direct representation of the four possible gametes produced by the F1 hybrid.
In that disease, once called 'King's Evil,' the gene is recessive in the female and is carried harmlessly.
Some kind of strange mutation, recessive and with linked genes, carrying the ability of mental healing?
And if the two recessive genes pair up, it kills you before your first birthday.