"maternal effect" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: maternal effects [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} maternal effect (plural maternal effects)
  1. (evolutionary theory, genetics) A situation where the phenotype of an organism is determined not only by the environment it experiences and its genotype, but also by the environment and genotype of its mother. Categories (topical): Evolutionary theory, Genetics
    Sense id: en-maternal_effect-en-noun-4YYO7pC4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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