recessive

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This has enriched rare functional variation, including recessive disorders and homozygous loss-of-function mutations, or “human knockouts.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Backed by Brazil's Ministry of Health, it will screen 5,000 couples for genes linked to serious recessive diseases.

From BBC • May 11, 2025

For Olsen, the part of the shy, recessive Christina felt more distanced from her recent roles in the series “Love & Death” or as part of the extended Marvel Cinematic Universe.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

Cockayne syndrome is a severe autosomal recessive disorder caused by defective DNA repair mechanisms.

From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2024

Sing now, O Muse, of the recessive mutation on my fifth chromosome!

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides