RECESSIVE ALLELE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does recessive allele mean? 

• RECESSIVE ALLELE (noun)
  The noun RECESSIVE ALLELE has 1 sense:

1. an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical

  Familiarity information: RECESSIVE ALLELE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECESSIVE ALLELE (noun)

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Meaning:

An allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

recessive; recessive allele

Hypernyms ("recessive allele" is a kind of...):

allele; allelomorph ((genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character)