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recessive

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++re·ces·sive /rɪˈsesɪv/ adjective technical  HBHa recessive gene is passed to children from their parents only if both parents have the gene 〔遗传基因〕隐性的 OPP dominant
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recessiveCertainly the subject, sought from within a particular conscious episode, is peculiarly recessive.In the slow mingling of the made and born, the organic is a dominant trait, while the mechanic is recessive.Not that the other actors are recessive.The genes for hygienic behaviour therefore must be recessive.Unlike pre-velar raising, post-velar raising is highly recessive.The policies proposed for paying the debt are invariably recessive and root out any attempt to grow technology.If the recessive major locus model is accepted the gene frequency would be 59×10 -4.The structural changes that are seen in hemoglobin 5 and C disorders are inherited as autosomal recessive traits. 216.
re·ces·sive adjectiveChineseSyllable
is gene passed recessive to a from Corpus children


recessive
recessive /rɪˈsesɪv/ adjective technical
a recessive gene is passed to children from their parents only if both parents have the gene
   OPP  dominant


re·ces·siveBrE /rɪˈsesɪv/ 🔊NAmE /rɪˈsesɪv/ 🔊 adjective (biology 生物) a recessive physical characteristic only appears in a child if it has two genes for this characteristic, one from each parent. It does not appear if a dominant gene is also present. 隐性的