adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a recessive gene (= a gene that has its effect only when there are two copies of it )
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The gene for blue eyes is recessive.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
gene
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Rothenbuhler thought that hygienic behaviour might be controlled by two recessive genes .
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The build-up of recessive genes increases the incidence of genetically determined diseases, such as sickle-cell anaemia in humans.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Certainly the subject, sought from within a particular conscious episode, is peculiarly recessive .
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If the recessive major locus model is accepted the gene frequency would be 59×10 -4.
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In the slow mingling of the made and born, the organic is a dominant trait, while the mechanic is recessive .
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Not that the other actors are recessive .
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The genes for hygienic behaviour therefore must be recessive .
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The policies proposed for paying the debt are invariably recessive and root out any attempt to grow technology.
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The structural changes that are seen in hemoglobin 5 and C disorders are inherited as autosomal recessive traits. 216.
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Unlike pre-velar raising, post-velar raising is highly recessive .