recessive gene

Noun
  1. Gene that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical (synset 105448451)
    "the recessive gene for blue eyes"
    is a type of: cistron, factor, gene - (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity

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