recessive in German
recessive in German is rezessiv — recessive means moving backwards, or tending to withdraw.
recessive in German
rezessiv
What does "recessive" mean?
- adj Moving backwards, or tending to withdraw.
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adj (biology) Describes a gene or trait that stays hidden when a stronger, dominant version is present.
"This plan takes advantage of the fact that barless is the most recessive of a series of alleles."
- adj Not dominant, having an effect that is hidden by stronger ones.
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recessive in a sentence
- This plan takes advantage of the fact that barless is the most recessive of a series of alleles.
- 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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What is "recessive" in German?
"recessive" in German is rezessiv. recessive means: Moving backwards, or tending to withdraw.
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