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recessive

adj 1  :  producing little or no phenotypic effect when occurring in heterozygous condition with a contrasting allele < genes>   2  :  expressed only when the determining gene is in the homozygous condition < traits>  re*ces*sive*ly adv re*ces*sive*ness n 
n 1  :  a recessive character or gene  2  :  an organism possessing one or more recessive characters .
 
 

 
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