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maternal effects

maternal effects is the plural of maternal effect.

Meaning of maternal effect

Noun

maternal effect (plural maternal effects)

  1. (evolutionary theory) 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.

Questions about maternal effects

What is maternal effects the plural of?
Maternal effects is the plural of maternal effect.

Words near maternal effects in the dictionary

  1. maternal cousins
  2. maternal custody
  3. maternal death
  4. maternal deaths
  5. maternal effect
  6. maternal effects
  7. maternal grandchild
  8. maternal grandchildren
  9. maternal grandfather
  10. maternal grandfathers
  11. maternal grandmother

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