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Preferred term

maternal effect

Definition

  • [FBCV] A phenotypic attribute is described as showing a maternal effect when the phenotype of an individual is a manifestation of the genotype of the mother, rather than the genotype of the individual.

Broader concept

Scope note

  • MS Academic Keyword

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21060

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