潜せん性せい

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

recessive

Technical genetics term for a trait that is expressed only when two copies of the recessive allele are present. Often contrasted with 顕性 (dominant).

See also: 顕性

• この遺い伝でん子しの潜せん性せい形けい質しつは、両りょう親しんから受うけ継つがれた場ば合あいにのみ現あらわれる。

  This recessive trait appears only when inherited from both parents.

• 潜せん性せい遺い伝でん子しは、顕けん性せい遺い伝でん子しにマスクされることが多おおい。

  Recessive genes are often masked by dominant genes.