An individual that carries one gene for a particular recessive trait. A carrier does not express the trait but, when mated with another carrier, can produce offspring that do.

• 带基因者某种基因的携带者，带有特殊的隐性特征的基因的携带者。此种基因携带者虽不表现出这一特征，但当和另一携带者交配所生的后代表现出此特征