Recessive — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical

of or pertaining to a recession

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹᵻsˈɛsɪv/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹɪsˈɛsɪv/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹɪsˈɛsɪv/

3 syllables Say it as /ɹᵻsˈɛsɪv/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

recessive allele recessionary

Antonyms

dominant

Parts of Speech

noun	an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical
adjective	of or pertaining to a recession
adjective	(of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

rezessiv

ein Allel, das seinen charakteristischen Phänotyp nur erzeugt, wenn sein gepaartes Allel identisch ist

🇫🇷French

récessif

un allèle qui produit son phénotype caractéristique uniquement lorsque son allèle apparié est identique

🇪🇸Spanish

recesivo

un alelo que produce su fenotipo característico sólo cuando su alelo par es idéntico

🇮🇹Italian

recessivo

un allele che produce il suo fenotipo caratteristico solo quando il suo allele accoppiato è identico

🇳🇱Dutch

recessief

een allel dat zijn karakteristieke fenotype alleen produceert als het gepaarde allel identiek is

🇵🇹Portuguese

recessivo

um alelo que produz seu fenótipo característico somente quando seu alelo pareado é idêntico

🇷🇺Russian

рецессивный

аллель, которая дает свой характерный фенотип только тогда, когда ее парный аллель идентичен

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पीछे हटने का

एक एलील जो अपना विशिष्ट फेनोटाइप तभी उत्पन्न करता है जब उसका युग्मित एलील समान होता है

🇧🇩Bengali

পতনশীল

একটি অ্যালিল যা তার বৈশিষ্ট্যযুক্ত ফিনোটাইপ তৈরি করে তখনই যখন এর জোড়াযুক্ত অ্যালিল অভিন্ন হয়

🇮🇳Tamil

பின்னடைவு

ஒரு அலீல் அதன் ஜோடி அலீல் ஒரே மாதிரியாக இருக்கும்போது மட்டுமே அதன் சிறப்பியல்பு பினோடைப்பை உருவாக்குகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

తిరోగమనం

యుగ్మ వికల్పం దాని జత చేసిన యుగ్మ వికల్పం ఒకేలా ఉన్నప్పుడు మాత్రమే దాని లక్షణ సమలక్షణాన్ని ఉత్పత్తి చేస్తుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

मागे पडणारा

एक ॲलील जे त्याचे वैशिष्ट्यपूर्ण फिनोटाइप तेव्हाच निर्माण करते जेव्हा त्याचे जोडलेले एलील एकसारखे असते

🇮🇳Gujarati

અપ્રિય

એક એલીલ જે તેની લાક્ષણિકતા ફેનોટાઇપ ત્યારે જ ઉત્પન્ન કરે છે જ્યારે તેની જોડી કરેલ એલીલ સમાન હોય

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಿಂಜರಿತದ

ಒಂದು ಆಲೀಲ್ ಅದರ ಜೋಡಿಯಾದ ಆಲೀಲ್ ಒಂದೇ ಆಗಿರುವಾಗ ಮಾತ್ರ ಅದರ ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟ ಫಿನೋಟೈಪ್ ಅನ್ನು ಉತ್ಪಾದಿಸುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മാന്ദ്യം

ജോടിയാക്കിയ അല്ലീൽ സമാനമാകുമ്പോൾ മാത്രം അതിൻ്റെ സ്വഭാവസവിശേഷതകൾ സൃഷ്ടിക്കുന്ന ഒരു അല്ലീൽ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਿਛੇਤੀ

ਇੱਕ ਐਲੀਲ ਜੋ ਆਪਣੀ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਫਿਨੋਟਾਈਪ ਨੂੰ ਉਦੋਂ ਹੀ ਪੈਦਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ ਜਦੋਂ ਇਸਦਾ ਪੇਅਰਡ ਐਲੀਲ ਇੱਕੋ ਜਿਹਾ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

پیچھے ہٹنے والا

ایک ایلیل جو اپنی خصوصیت کا فینوٹائپ صرف اس وقت پیدا کرتا ہے جب اس کا جوڑا ایلیل ایک جیسا ہو۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

隐性的

仅当其配对等位基因相同时才产生其特征表型的等位基因

🇯🇵Japanese

劣性

対になった対立遺伝子が同一である場合にのみ、その特徴的な表現型を生み出す対立遺伝子

🇰🇷Korean

열성

쌍을 이루는 대립유전자가 동일할 때만 특징적인 표현형을 생성하는 대립유전자

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lặn

một alen chỉ tạo ra kiểu hình đặc trưng khi các alen ghép đôi của nó giống hệt nhau

🇹🇭Thai

ถอย

อัลลีลที่สร้างลักษณะฟีโนไทป์เฉพาะเมื่ออัลลีลที่จับคู่เหมือนกันเท่านั้น

🇮🇩Indonesian

terdesak

alel yang menghasilkan fenotipe karakteristiknya hanya jika pasangan alelnya identik

🇲🇾Malay

resesif

alel yang menghasilkan fenotip cirinya hanya apabila alel berpasangannya adalah sama

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

متنحية

أليل ينتج النمط الظاهري المميز له فقط عندما يكون أليله المزدوج متطابقًا

🇮🇷Persian

مغلوب

آللی که فنوتیپ مشخصه خود را تنها زمانی تولید می کند که آلل جفت شده آن یکسان باشد

🇹🇷Turkish

resesif

karakteristik fenotipini yalnızca eşleştirilmiş aleli aynı olduğunda üreten bir alel

🇮🇱Hebrew

רצסיבי

אלל שמייצר את הפנוטיפ האופייני לו רק כאשר האלל המזווג שלו זהה

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The primary meaning of 'recessive' is 'an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical'.

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