recessive trait

基本解释

However, baldness is another X-linked recessive trait; you inherit it from your mother.
然而，禿頭是另一個和X染色躰相關的隱性特征，從母親那裡遺傳得來。
So even if one parent carries a harmful recessive trait, the other parent is likely to have a healthier version, which will manifest itself in the offspring.
所以就算其中一個家長攜帶著一個有害的隱形特征，另外一個家長很可能有一個該特征的健康版本，這個健康的特征會在後代中顯現出來。
Genetic analysis indicated that the leaf purple was a recessive trait. Zi1, zi3, zi6 and zi8 were respectively controlled by 2 genes, which one is an inhibitor gene.
遺傳分析表明，紫色突變躰的紫葉性狀是一隱性性狀，其中紫1、紫3、紫6、紫8的紫葉性狀受2對基因控制，且有一對起抑制作用；

Roughly 1 in 45 healthy Americans are carriers of the recessive trait, meaning they are missing one of the normal two copies of the gene.
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