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

In contrast, conditions tied to metabolic genes, including PEDS1, are more often recessive.

From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 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

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

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides