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recessives

recessives is the plural of recessive.

Meaning of recessive

Noun

recessive (plural recessives)

  1. A gene that is recessive.
    • Suppose, for example, that we started with a population consisting of pure dominants, heterozygotes, and recessives in the ratio 1 : 4 : 4.1915, Reginald Crundall Punnett, Mimicty in Butterflies, page 95

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Questions about recessives

What is recessives the plural of?
Recessives is the plural of recessive.

Words near recessives in the dictionary

  1. recessionproof
  2. recessions
  3. recessive
  4. recessively
  5. recessiveness
  6. recessives
  7. recessivity
  8. recesslike
  9. recessor
  10. recessors
  11. receyve

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