recessive character

recessive character

n.

See recessive trait.

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character

a quality or attribute indicative of the nature of an object or an organism.

1. in genetics, the expression of a gene or group of genes as seen in a phenotype.

2. in wool the evenness of the crimp.

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acquired character

a noninheritable modification produced in an animal as a result of its own activities or of environmental influences.

character data

alphanumeric data.

dominant character

a mendelian character that is expressed when it is transmitted by a single gene.

mendelian c's

in genetics, the separate and distinct traits exhibited by an animal or plant and dependent on the genetic constitution of the organism.

primary sex c's

those characters of the male and female directly concerned in reproduction.

recessive character

a mendelian character that is expressed only when transmitted by both genes (one from each parent) determining the trait.

secondary sex c's

those characters specific to the male and female but not directly concerned in reproduction.

sex-conditioned character, sex-influenced character

an autosomal trait whose full expression is conditioned by the sex of the individual, e.g. human baldness.

sex-linked character

one transmitted consistently to individuals of one sex only, being carried in the sex chromosome.