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A '''recessive allele''' is an [[allele]] that will not determine the phenotype unless the genotype is [[homozygous]] with that allele.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Biology''. Apologia
Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref> Examples of recessive alleles include the allele for green in the pea [[Pisum sativum]] (the subject of [[Gregor Mendel]]'s heredity experiments). In humans, a variety of inherited diseases are recessive, such as [[Cystic fibrosis]] and [[Tay-Sachs]].


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