Meanings
adjectivematroclinous (not comparable)
alternative matriclinous
- not comparableHaving mostly maternally inherited characteristics.
Another frequently cited case of apparent matroclinous heredity is one described by Kühn (1027) in the wasp, Habrobracon juglandis.
1984, Sewall Wright, Evolution and the Genetics of Populations, volume 1, page 51
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Origin
- Ancient Greekκλίνειν
- Latinmātr-
- Englishmatroclinous
From Latin mātr- + -o- + Ancient Greek κλίνειν (klínein) + -ous.
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