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recessive
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adjective
  1. Going back; receding.
  2. (genetics) Able to be covered up by a dominant trait.
recombinant
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adjective
  1. Referring to something formed by combining existing elements in a new combination. Especially in the phrase recombinant DNA referring to an organism created in the lab by adding DNA from another species.
recombination
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noun
  1. combination, Combination a second or subsequent time.
  1. (genetics) The formation of genetic combinations in offspring that are not present in the parents
  2. (chemistry) The reverse of dissociation
replication
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noun
  1. Process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced
  2. copy; reproduction.
  3. In law: a response from the plantiff to the defendant's plea
replicon
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noun
  1. (genetics) a DNA molecule or a region of DNA that replicates as an individual unit. A replicon may be, for instance, a chromosome, a plasmid or a phage.
revertant
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noun
  1. (microbial genetics) A mutant that has reverted to its former genotype or to the original phenotype by means of a suppressor mutation.
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