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
Pattinson has the more recessive role but his performance is so subtle and clever that it’s worth watching closely.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025
According to the classic theory of genetics laid out by the biologist Gregor Mendel, if both parents carry a recessive gene then there's a one in four chance that their child will inherit the condition.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025
Shy and recessive in person, Mr. Montana was nonetheless a born showman.
From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2024
For instance, all cultivated peas share the same recessive gene that prevents ripe pods of cultivated peas from spontaneously popping open and spilling their peas, as wild pea pods do.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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