Recessive Synonyms and Antonyms

rĭ-sĕsĭv
Designating or relating to that one of any pair of allelic hereditary factors which, when both are present in the germ plasm, remains latent
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. latent
  2. recessionary
  3. passive
  4. inactive
  5. not dominant
  6. receding
  7. regressive
  8. suspended
  9. refluent
  10. relapsing
  11. dormant
  12. recedent
  13. retrocedent
Antonyms:
  1. dominant
  2. prevailing
  3. overbalancing
An allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. recessive allele
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Words Related to Recessive

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. carrier inheritance
  2. sex-linked
  3. heterozygous
  4. autosomal
  5. x-linked
  6. homozygous
  7. heterozygote
  8. polygenic
  9. allele
  10. Clearflight
  11. agammaglobulinaemia

Recessive Sentence Examples

  • It happened, however, that a recessive colour in one generation becomes the dominant in a succeeding one.

  • If a mother is a carrier for an X-linked recessive form of EDS, she may have affected or unaffected sons, or carrier or unaffected daughters, depending on the second sex chromosome inherited from the father.

  • If one parent has been diagnosed with an autosomal dominant form of VWD or both parents are carriers for an autosomal recessive form of VWD, then prenatal testing should be considered.

  • Then, in the scheme below, if A b and (A)N b are two brothers who both marry normal wives N, their children N(A) in the first case will be all normal in appearance but will be carrying albinism recessive; and in the second case some will be pure normal individuals N, and some will be like the children of the first brother, i.e.

  • It does n't follow a clear mendelian recessive or dominant pattern.

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