OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 14849

recessive

/ɹɪˈsɛsɪv/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
recesivo
Able to be masked by a dominant allele or trait.
1944 June 21, James A. G. Rehn, South African Bird-Locust Records and Notes (Orthoptera; Acrididae; Cyrtacanthacridinae; Group Cyrtacanthacres), Notulae Naturae, Number 137, Academ…
This plan takes advantage of the fact that barless is the most recessive of a series of alleles.