Recessive

/ɹɪˈsɛsɪv/

Synonyms for "recessive" (31 found)

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More general

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alleleallelomorphcharacteristicgenegenetic featuregenetic traitgenetic variantheritable characteristicphenomenontrait

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hypomorphic allelelatent factorloss of function allelenull allelerecessive allelerecessive lethal allelerecessive mutationunderexpressed trait

Collocations

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autosomal recessiverecessive allelerecessive generecessive inheritancerecessive mutationrecessive phenotyperecessive trait

Inflections

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more recessivemost recessiverecessives

Derivations

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Antonyms

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1944 June 21, James A. G. Rehn, South African Bird-Locust Records and Notes (Orthoptera; Acrididae; Cyrtacanthacridinae; Group Cyrtacanthacres), Notulae Naturae, Number 137, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, page 3, The Lydenburg male and the other two females have the infuscate pattern definitely more recessive and less evident, although traceable.

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

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

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

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