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