A person must be at least 18 years old to be appointed to the Senate and must be at least 30 to be President or Vice-President of the Senate. As only members of the House of Representatives are eligible to be appointed Prime Minister, the Prime Minister must be at least 18 years old.
â¢ RECESSIVE (adjective). The adjective RECESSIVE has 2 senses: 1. of or pertaining to a recession. 2. (of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical. Familiarity information: RECESSIVE used as an adjective is rare. RECESSIVE (noun). The noun RECESSIVE has 1 sense: 1. an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical. Familiarity information: RECESSIVE used as a noun is very rare.
The words dominant and recessive are encountered in the study of biology, particularly physical traits in the study of genetics. For every physical trait, you receive two copies of the gene, one from your father, and the other from your mother.ecessive genes are showed up only when the organism receives recessive copies from both parents (aa). In brief: â¢ Dominant and recessive are terms used for genes that are strong and weak respectively. â¢ Dominant genes show up in the form of a trait while recessive genes get hidden by dominant genes.