recessiveness
Masked genetic trait
Recessiveness is the quality of being recessive—tending to withdraw or recede rather than dominate.
In genetics, recessiveness describes a trait that only expresses when inherited from both parents, remaining hidden when paired with a dominant gene: The recessiveness of the blue-eye allele means two copies are needed.
More broadly, recessiveness suggests a tendency to stay in the background.
Suspended biological activity
- latencyDelay in system response
- hiddenKept out of sight
- unexpressedNot communicated outwardly
- underlyingExisting beneath the surface
masked · suppressed · quiescence · subdued · concealed · unrevealed · unmanifested · potential
Gene variant at one locus
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
- carrierOne that transports
- genotypeOrganism's complete allele set
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
trait · homozygous · heterozygous · mutation · genetic disorder · Punnett square · Mendelian · monohybrid
Bending under pressure
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- retiringLeaving the workforce
- unassertiveNot forceful or bold
deferential · meek · subdued · self-effacing · timidity · reticence · passivity · introversion
dormancy
Suspended biological activity
- latencyDelay in system response
- hiddenKept out of sight
- unexpressedNot communicated outwardly
underlying · masked · suppressed · quiescence · subdued · concealed · unrevealed · unmanifested · potential · dormant
allele
Gene variant at one locus
- phenotypeObservable characteristics of organism
- carrierOne that transports
- genotypeOrganism's complete allele set
inheritance · trait · homozygous · heterozygous · mutation · genetic disorder · Punnett square · Mendelian · monohybrid · pedigree
yielding
Bending under pressure
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- retiringLeaving the workforce
unassertive · deferential · meek · subdued · self-effacing · timidity · reticence · passivity · introversion · shyness
recessivenessdominance
Superior influence over others
assertiveness · aggressiveness · forcefulness · boldness · self-assertion
recessivenessdominance
Superior influence over others
prominence · salience · conspicuousness · forwardness · obtrusiveness
recess, recession, recede, receding, recessive, recedes, receded, recessional, recessively