homozygous recessive

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adjective

Pertaining to a genetic condition where an individual has inherited two identical, non-dominant alleles for a specific trait, one from each parent.

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In a population of 1,000 organisms, the fraction expressing the homozygous recessive phenotype is 0.37.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

If the phenotype is observed, only the genotype of the homozygous recessive alleles can be known; the calculations provide an estimate of the remaining genotypes.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Thesaurus

Possible Synonyms

pure recessive
expressing a recessive trait
aa genotype
lacking a dominant allele

Possible Antonyms

possessing at least one dominant allele
homozygous dominant
Aa or AA genotype
expressing a dominant trait
heterozygous