maternal effects

A form of maternal effect — 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.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of maternal effect
Cite this entry
APA

maternal effects. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maternal%20effects

MLA

“maternal effects.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maternal%20effects. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maternal effects,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maternal%20effects.

Source: maternal effects on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.