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Genetic Phenomena > Inheritance Patterns > Extrachromosomal Inheritance > Maternal Inheritance

Preferred term

Maternal Inheritance  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Transmission of genetic characters, qualities, and traits, solely from maternal extra-nuclear elements such as MITOCHONDRIAL DNA or MATERNAL MESSENGER RNA.

Broader concept

Related concepts

Entry terms

  • Inherited Maternally
  • Maternal Effect
  • Maternally Inherited

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Hérédité maternelle

    French

  • Effet maternel
  • Hérités maternellement
  • Hérités par voie maternelle
  • Transmis maternellement
  • Transmis par voie maternelle

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-NPPCNRGL-M

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