allelomorph vs recessive

recessive vs allelomorph

allelomorph and recessive both are nouns.

allelomorph is not an adjective while recessive is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
allelomorph	Yes	No	No	No
recessive	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, recessive is a hyponym of allelomorph; that is, recessive is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than allelomorph:

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
recessive: an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical

Other hyponyms of allelomorph include dominant, dominant allele, recessive allele.

allelomorph (noun)	recessive (noun)
(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	an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical

allelomorph (adjective)	recessive (adjective)
	(of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical
	of or pertaining to a recession

Difference between allelomorph and recessive

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