recessive character — A character of one parent that manifests itself in the offspring only if it is homozygous in the offspring … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
recessive character — Synonyms and related words: Altmann theory, DNA, De Vries theory, Galtonian theory, Mendelianism, Mendelism, RNA, Verworn theory, Weismann theory, Weismannism, Wiesner theory, allele, allelomorph, birth, character, chromatid, chromatin,… … Moby Thesaurus
recessive — [ri ses′iv] adj. [< L recessus (see RECESS) + IVE] 1. receding or tending to recede 2. Genetics designating or relating to that one of any pair of allelic hereditary factors which, when both are present in the germ plasm, remains latent:… … English World dictionary
Recessive — A trait that is evident only when one copy of the gene for it is inherited from each of the parents. * * * 1. Drawing away; receding. 2. In genetics, denoting a trait due to a particular allele or alleles at a single locus that does not manifest… … Medical dictionary
recessive — I. adjective Date: circa 1673 1. a. tending to recede b. withdrawn 2 2. a. producing little or no phenotypic effect when occurring in heterozygous condition with a contrasting allele < recessive genes > b. expressed only when the determining gene … New Collegiate Dictionary
character — Synonyms and related words: Adamite, Altmann theory, DNA, De Vries theory, Galtonian theory, Mendelianism, Mendelism, RNA, Roscius, VIP, Verworn theory, Weismann theory, Weismannism, Wiesner theory, abnormal, accent, accent mark, acclaim, actor,… … Moby Thesaurus
character — characterless, adj. /kar ik teuhr/, n. 1. the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing. 2. one such feature or trait; characteristic. 3. moral or ethical quality: a man of fine, honorable character … Universalium
recessive — recessively, adv. recessiveness, n. /ri ses iv/, adj. 1. tending to go, move, or slant back; receding. 2. Genetics. of or pertaining to a recessive. 3. Phonet. (of an accent) showing a tendency to recede from the end toward the beginning of a… … Universalium
recessive — /rəˈsɛsɪv / (say ruh sesiv) adjective 1. tending to recede; receding. 2. Biology relating to or exhibiting a recessive, as opposed to a dominant. 3. Phonetics (of stress) showing a tendency to recede from the end towards the beginning of a word.… …
character — An attribute in individuals that is amenable to formal and logical analysis and may be used as the basis of generalizations about classes and other statements that transcend individuality. SYN: characteristic (1). [G. charakter, stamp, mark, fr.… … Medical dictionary
