The suppressed allele of a gene.

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Recessive allele:
The allele that fails to express itself in presence of its contrasting dominant allele is called a recessive allele.
They can only express themselves in homozygous conditions.
For example, Tt is the genotype for tallness in which “t” is the recessive allele.

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Write the technical term for the suppressed allele of a gene.

	I		II
A	Dominance	i	In a heterozygous organism both alleles express themselves fully
B	Epistasis	ii	A single gene influences many characters
C	Pleiotropy	iii	One gene is suppressed by other gene.
D	Codominance	iv	One allele masks the other allele of the same gene

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