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Definitions for "Recessive trait"
Keywords:  trait, allele, homozygous, phenotype, heterozygous
Related Terms: Recessive allele, Dominant allele, Dominant trait, Recessive, Mendelian, Dominant, Codominance, Incomplete dominance, Homozygosity, Overdominance, Congenic, Test cross, Homozygous, Mendelian inheritance, Testcross, Codominant, Phenocopy, Dominance, Autosomal recessive, Recessive gene, Heterozygosity, Heterozygous, Autosomal dominant, Heterozygote, Dihybrid cross, Monohybrid, Inbred strain, Homozygote, Complex trait, Dominant gene, Strain, Hybrid vigor, Recessive inheritance, Codominant alleles, Genetic heterogeneity, Heredity, Monohybrid cross, Alleles, Incomplete penetrance, Dihybrid, Phenotypic, Heritable, Autosomal recessive inheritance, Hardy-weinberg equilibrium, Fixation, Dominant inheritance, Autosomal dominant inheritance, Prepotent, Genotype, Phenotype
Characteristic associated with genes that are reflected in the phenotype only in the homozygous state (e.g., both copies of the recessive allele are necessary to produce the characteristic).
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An allele that affects the phenotype only when the individual is homozygous for that trait.
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a trait for which two copies of the gene must be present for the trait to be seen
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