Question

What is meant by recessive alleles?

Answer 1

an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical. Synonyms:recessive Type of: allele, allelomorph. (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character.

Answer 2

A recessive allele is a version of a gene which must be homozygous when inherited in order to be expressed in the phenotype. Recessive alleles are only expressed in an organisms phenotype if their genotype is homozygous recessive (i.e. both recessive alleles are present).

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