Fun Facts about the name Hong. How many people with the first name Hong have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2015, the Social Security Administration has recorded 647 babies born with the first name Hong in the United States.
(genetics) Of, or pertaining to, a gene (or allele) whose phenotypic expression is masked by a dominant gene (or allele). noun. (1) A recessive allele or trait. (2) An organism whose recessive trait is discernible or expressed.Supplement. In genetics, a recessive gene or allele is one in which the effect is not tangible, or is masked by the effects of the dominant gene.The recessive trait may be expressed when the recessive genes are in homozygous condition or when the dominant gene is not present.That happens when an organism inherits a pair of recessive genes from its parents. Word origin: Latin recess(us) , a withdrawal, receding part + - ive.he recessive trait may be expressed when the recessive genes are in homozygous condition or when the dominant gene is not present. That happens when an organism inherits a pair of recessive genes from its parents. Word origin: Latin recess(us) , a withdrawal, receding part + - ive.
X-linked recessive inheritance is a mode of inheritance in which a mutation in a gene on the X chromosome causes the phenotype to be expressed in males (who are necessarily hemizygous for the gene mutation because they have one X and one Y chromosome) and in females who are homozygous for the gene mutation, see zygosity.