recessive mutation

collocation in English

meaningsofrecessiveandmutation

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recessive
adjective
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/rɪˈses.ɪv/us
/rɪˈses.ɪv/
(of genes and the physical qualities they control) only appearing in a child if both parents supply the ...
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mutation
noun
uk
/mjuːˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/mjuːˈteɪ.ʃən/
the way in which genes change and produce ...
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(Definition ofrecessiveandmutationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The first cases described were offspring of consanguineous parents who were both carriers of arecessivemutation.
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Therecessivemutationtufted was used as a reliable genetic marker to trace transmission of the homologous chromosomes.
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A mouse model of retinoschisis caused by an autosomalrecessivemutation.
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The high degree of consanguinity suggested that the children were homozygous f o r a rarerecessivemutationthat they had inherited from a common ancestor.
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Similarly, a quail line that exhibits polyuria was found to be fixed for an autosomalrecessivemutationthat also induced polydipsia.
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In his work with albino children, he recognized that in some families where both parents carry arecessivemutation, no disease occurs by chance.
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He recognized that this was consistent with arecessivemutationinvolving a single gene, but requiring biallelic mutation.
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The disease is caused by arecessivemutationin a gene located on chromosome 1 and affects both males and females.
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Limitations to single gene disorders are autosomalrecessivemutationor when the fetal autosomal dominant muation is maternally inherited.
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Four ears arecessivemutationthat produced four pinnae or ear flaps (the additional pinnae did not lead to additional ear canals and organs of hearing).
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It is arecessivemutation.
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Sweet corn is the result of a naturally occurringrecessivemutationin the genes which control conversion of sugar to starch inside the endosperm of the corn kernel.
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