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![[-- recessive --]](Images/Terms/recessiv.gif){kind=small}
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| defined: |
A genetic disorder that appears only in patients who have received two copies of a mutant gene, one from each parent.
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Listen to a detailed explanation.
Dr. William Pavan, of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Laboratory of Genetic Disease Research, defines recessive. |
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related terms: |
cancer, gene, heterozygous, mutation | |
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