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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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We know that for each gene, the fraction of homozygous recessive offspring will be 1/4.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

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

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

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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

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