recessive trait

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recessive trait

An inherited character determined by a recessive gene. Also called recessive character.

Recessive trait

An inherited trait that is outwardly obvious only when two copies of the gene for that trait are present—as opposed to a dominant trait where one copy of the gene for the dominant trait is sufficient to display the trait. The recessive condition is said to be masked by the presence of the dominant gene when both are present; i.e., the recessive condition is seen only in the absence of the dominant gene.

Mentioned in: Cutis Laxa, Galactosemia, Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency, Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum

recessive trait,

an inherited characteristic that is determined by a recessive allele.

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