(of genes and the physical qualities they control ) only appearing in a child if both parents supply the controlling gene
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1. Blue eyes are recessive and brown eyes are dominant. 蓝眼睛是隐性的;而褐色眼睛是显性的。 2. Sickle-cell anaemia is passed on through a recessive gene. 镰状细胞贫血通过隐性基因遗传给后代。