cytoplasmically

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adverb

With regard to the cytoplasm

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English cytoplasmic →
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Meanings

adverbcytoplasmically (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWith regard to the cytoplasm

    In this case, cytoplasmically inherited traits are present in both males and females and are passed from mother to offspring, never from father to offspring. Reciprocal crosses, therefore, give different results when cytoplasmic genes encode a trait.

    2012, Benjamin A. Pierce, Genetics: A Conceptual Approach, page 118

Origin

  1. Englishcytoplasm
  2. Englishcytoplasmic
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  6. Proto-Germanic*līką
  7. Englishcytoplasmically

From cytoplasmic + -ally.

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Chicago

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