recessive

Tending to go backward or recede.

Of, relating to, or designating an allele that does not produce a characteristic effect when present with a dominant allele.

Of or relating to a trait that is expressed only when the determining allele is present in the homozygous condition.

A recessive allele or trait.

An organism having a recessive trait.

Tending to recede; receding; going back: used especially of accent regarded as transferred or moved backward from the end toward the beginning of a word.

In biology, opposed to dominant, 2. See recessive, n.

In biology, an organism that manifests and transmits to descendants the character which is antagonistic to a dominant, or a character which is antagonistic to a dominant character. See dominant, 2.

Going back; receding.