maternal effect
Genetics
noun
The determination of particular phenotypic properties of the immediate offspring by the genotype or phenotype of the female parent; an instance of this; specifically such an effect mediated by the presence of maternal gene products (proteins or messenger RNA) in the cytoplasm of the ovum.
Origin
1930s.
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