Medical Definition of Maternal inheritance

1. Inheritance through the maternal cell line, for example through the oocyte and eggs. Mitochondrial genes are maternally inherited and various other nonMendelian forms of inheritance may also appear as maternal inheritance. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Maternal Inheritance

maternal death rate
maternal deaths
maternal deprivation
maternal deprivation syndrome
maternal dystocia
maternal effect gene
maternal exposure
maternal filicide
maternal grandchild
maternal grandfather
maternal grandfathers
maternal grandmother
maternal grandmothers
maternal health services
maternal immunity
maternal inheritance (current term)
maternal language
maternal mRNA
maternal mortality
maternal mortality rate
maternal placenta
maternal quality
maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein
maternal uncle
maternal uncles
maternal welfare
maternalisation
maternalise
maternalised
maternalises

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