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。

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This apparent anomaly is partially explained by the fact that most founder mutations are recessive: only a person with copies of the affected gene from both parents becomes ill.

大多数明显的创始人突变都是隐性的，可以解释这种明显的异常现象：只有双亲都拥有受影响基因副本的人才会生病。

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The subspecies Acinonyx jubatus guttatus may also have been a variation due to a recessive gene.

亚种猎豹也可能是一种隐性基因变异。

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Though he is black (the gene that causes albinism is a recessive gene), he too is vulnerable.

BBC: Living in fear: Tanzania's albinos

Red-green colorblindness is far more common in men than women because it's a recessive gene carried on the X chromosome.

WSJ: New Outlook for Colorblindness

They can be born to tawny-coloured parents when both the mother and father carry the recessive gene that causes the white fur.

BBC: Rare white lion cub appears at Hertfordshire wildlife park