Recessive gene
recessive gene n.
A gene that is phenotypically expressed in the homozygous state but has its expression masked in the presence of a dominant gene.
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recessive inheritance n. Inheritance in which a trait is recessive.
- Recessiveness
[ri-ses-iv] /rɪˈsɛs ɪv/ adjective 1. tending to go, move, or slant back; . 2. Genetics. of or relating to a recessive. 3. Phonetics. (of an accent) showing a tendency to from the end toward the beginning of a word. noun, Genetics. 4. that one of a pair of alternative alleles whose effect is masked by […]
- Rechab
horseman, or chariot. (1.) One of Ishbosheth’s “captains of bands” or leaders of predatory troops (2 Sam. 4:2). (2.) The father of Jehonadab, who was the father of the Rechabites (2 Kings 10:15, 23; Jer. 35:6-19).
- Rechabite
/ˈrɛkəˌbaɪt/ noun 1. a total abstainer from alcoholic drink, esp a member of the Independent Order of Rechabites, a society devoted to abstention
- Rechabites
the descendants of Rechab through Jonadab or Jehonadab. They belonged to the Kenites, who accompanied the children of Israel into Palestine, and dwelt among them. Moses married a Kenite wife (Judg. 1:16), and Jael was the wife of “Heber the Kenite” (4:17). Saul also showed kindness to the Kenites (1 Sam. 15:6). The main body […]