The name given to the genotype where both alleles are recessive for a particular trait.
Biology · Middle School · Sun Jan 24 2021
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The name given to the genotype where both alleles are recessive for a particular trait is "homozygous recessive."
- In genetics, when an individual has two identical alleles for a given trait and both are recessive, we use the term homozygous, which means "same alleles," to describe the individual's genotype for that particular trait. The recessive nature of both alleles means that the trait they code for will only be expressed if both alleles are this type, because a dominant allele, if present, would mask the effect of a recessive allele.