How do you use Recessive in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like recessionary or dominant, plus the exact meaning.
Recessive in a sentence
Recessive meaning
- Going back; receding.
- Able to be masked by a dominant allele or trait.
- Not dominant; whose effect is masked by stronger effects.
Synonyms of Recessive
Using Recessive
- The main meaning on this page is: Going back; receding. | Able to be masked by a dominant allele or trait. | Not dominant; whose effect is masked by stronger effects.
- Useful related words include: recessionary, financial condition, economic condition, dominant.
- In the example corpus, recessive often appears in combinations such as: autosomal recessive, recessive alleles, recessive disorder.
Context around Recessive
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Recessive
- In this selection, "recessive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, autosomal, linked, mutated, gene, main and disorder stand out and add context to how "recessive" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a homozygous recessive individual has and an autosomal recessive disorder. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "recessive" sits close to words such as abington, abled and adorno, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with recessive
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
CF is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. (8 words)
As such, mutations in the DBD are recessive loss-of-function mutations. (12 words)
And, since then, they've mixed and mingled thanks to how dominant and recessive genes work. (16 words)
In some cases, although there is no family history of the disease, the syndrome is revealed even when two healthy parents that carry the mutated recessive gene have a child, which receives both copies of the recessive gene. (38 words)
Attempts have been made to cross white and orange tigers to remedy this, often mixing with other subspecies in the process. citation Another recessive gene creates the "golden" or "golden tabby" colour variation, sometimes known as "strawberry". (37 words)
Still, Tham’s shed-like edifice seems recessive, even humble, compared with a collection of homes being built on the island’s Bungenas peninsula, a few miles from the seven-minute ferry to Faro. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
In some cases, although there is no family history of the disease, the syndrome is revealed even when two healthy parents that carry the mutated recessive gene have a child, which receives both copies of the recessive gene.
Autosomal recessive main Two copies of the gene must be mutated for a person to be affected by an autosomal recessive disorder.
Pathophysiology Canavan disease has an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance Canavan disease is inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion.
X-linked recessive main X-linked recessive conditions are also caused by mutations in genes on the X chromosome.
Kowalski said white-coloured moose are not a separate species, and their colour may be caused by a recessive gene that occurs within the broader moose population.
And, since then, they've mixed and mingled thanks to how dominant and recessive genes work.
Secondly, the gene that makes Caucasian people “white” often becomes recessive when interracial relationships occur with basically any other group, especially African-Americans and Hispanics.
Still, Tham’s shed-like edifice seems recessive, even humble, compared with a collection of homes being built on the island’s Bungenas peninsula, a few miles from the seven-minute ferry to Faro.
After his death, the succeeding abbot burned all papers in Mendel's collection, to mark an end to the disputes over taxation. citation Experiments on plant hybridization Dominant and recessive phenotypes.
A homozygous recessive individual has an abnormal phenotype and is guaranteed to pass the abnormal gene onto offspring.
Although " cropout " Quarter Horses with Paint markings were not allowed to be registered for many years, the gene for such markings is a recessive and continued to periodically appear in Quarter Horse foals.
Anyone who has studied the genetic phase of biology knows that white is considered recessive and black is considered dominant.
As an autosomal recessive disorder, two PKU alleles are required for an individual to exhibit symptoms of the disease.
As such, mutations in the DBD are recessive loss-of-function mutations.
Attempts have been made to cross white and orange tigers to remedy this, often mixing with other subspecies in the process. citation Another recessive gene creates the "golden" or "golden tabby" colour variation, sometimes known as "strawberry".
Autosomal genetic disorders which exhibit Mendelian inheritance can be inherited either in an autosomal dominant or recessive fashion.
Autosomal recessive diseases, however, require two copies of the deleterious allele for the disease to manifest.
CF is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner.
Drosophila Sex-Linked Recessive Lethal Test – Males from a strain with yellow bodies are used in this test.
Due to the inflicted individuals decreased fitness and reproductive success, the recessive alleles will eventually become culled by natural selection.
Common combinations with recessive
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- autosomal recessive 15×
- recessive alleles 7×
- recessive disorder 6×
- recessive gene 4×
- x-linked recessive 4×
- recessive pattern 4×
- by recessive 4×
- recessive and 4×
- deleterious recessive 4×
- the recessive 3×