NOUN
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gene that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical
the recessive gene for blue eyes
How To Use recessive gene In A Sentence
- I hadn't recalled Pete's red ... and now that you mention it, I agree that the recessive gene on both sides would make it possible for a PW child of Rose and The-Hand-Plus-Donna's-Body (Consciousness inhabiting it TBD later) to turn up redheaded, too. New Doctor/Rose Ficlet: STRAWBERRIES
- the recessive gene for blue eyes
- But according to this article, “An Italian judge ordered a sterile couple to transfer all the embryos obtained with assisted reproduction techniques, despite the fact that both would-be parents carry the recessive gene for beta thalassaemia, wanted a preimplant diagnosis, and would not keep a child born with the condition.” A Reframing I’d Like to See: Government-Enforced Childbirth
- There are probably other types of amentia in which a rare recessive gene is the chief determinant.
- Sickle-cell anaemia is passed on through a recessive gene.
- PKU is described by scientists as an autosomal recessive genetic disease that is characterized by a deficiency in an enzyme called phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH). Medlogs - Recent stories
- Composed of one or more curves, angles, kinks or any combination thereof, the tail is created by a simple recessive gene which breeds true in any bobtail-to-bobtail cross.
- Self-pollination in these strains was found to be controlled by duplicate, recessive genes.
- The result indicated that 95 - 5383 carries one recessive gene that confess resistance to SMV 3.
- Short hair being dominant over long, breedings between shorthair and longhair cats will produce only shorthair kittens, unless the shorthair parent is carrying the recessive gene for long hair.