recessive vs allele
allele vs recessiverecessive and allele both are nouns.
recessive is an adjective but allele is not an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recessive | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| allele | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
allele is a hypernym of
recessive; that is, allele is a
word with a broader meaning than recessive:
- recessive: an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical
- allele: (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
Other hypernyms of recessive include
allelomorph.
| recessive (noun) | allele (noun) |
|---|---|
| an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical | (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 (adjective) | allele (adjective) |
|---|---|
| (of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical | |
| of or pertaining to a recession |
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