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recessive

/rɪˈsesɪv/adjective

उच्चारण रिसेसिव

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adjective
  1. 1

    biology

    (of a gene or characteristic) appearing in a living thing only when it is inherited from both parents, because a dominant gene hides it

    अप्रभावी

    • In Mendel's experiments, dwarfness in pea plants was a recessive trait.
    • A recessive trait shows only when both copies of the gene are recessive.

    Opposite dominant

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Antonyms

dominant

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General knowledge

In Mendel's monohybrid cross, the recessive trait disappears in the first generation and reappears in the second generation in a ratio of three dominant to one recessive.

GK के अनुसार Mendel के monohybrid cross में recessive लक्षण पहली पीढ़ी में छिप जाता है और दूसरी पीढ़ी में तीन dominant और एक recessive के अनुपात में फिर दिखाई देता है।