NEOTERMED: Vocabulario de reproducción asistida

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Relating to a gene (or allele or trait) which produces a disorder in which the gene can only exert a phenotypic effect, if both alleles are altered.

Grammatical category	Adjective
Field	Genetics
Level of specialization	Medium
Definition source	Diccionario panhispánico de términos médicos

Variants

Antonym

dominant

Formal

Equivalents

Spanish

recesivo-iva

Valenciano

recessiu-iva

Associated concepts

Is accompanied by

gene

Examples

The goal is to identify asymptomatic individuals who carry pathogenic variants associated with autosomal recessive and X-linked disorders, enabling informed reproductive planning before pregnancy.

For an autosomal recessive disorder to be expressed, an offspring must receive a pathogenic gene variant for that disorder from both parents.

Collocations

WITH NOUNS

recessive model | recessive manner | recessive effects || recessive allele | recessive gene | recessive mutation || recessive inheritance | recessive pattern || recessive disorder | recessive condition | recessive trait | recessive risk

WITH ADJECTIVES

autosomal | X-linked || additive | genotypic | dominant | minor recessive