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recessive

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See: regressive


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In people who are non-tasters, a recessive variant of the gene results in a functional change to the amino acids so that the protein is different and cannot bind to the bitter substance.
Hannah, who spends three hours a day treating her wounds and being bandaged, suffers from a rare genetic skin condition, called recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (EB).
We had no idea either one of us had EB as one of the recessive traits, but we were both carriers," said Denise Summers, Ryan's mother.
 
 
 
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