Maternal Inheritance

Transmission of genetic characters, qualities, and traits, solely from maternal extra-nuclear elements such as MITOCHONDRIAL DNA or MATERNAL MESSENGER RNA.

Year introduced: 2017

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Tree Number(s): G05.420.275.750

MeSH Unique ID: D000072741

Entry Terms:

• Inheritance, Maternal
• Maternal Effect
• Effect, Maternal
• Effects, Maternal
• Maternal Effects
• Inherited Maternally
• Maternally, Inherited
• Maternally Inherited
• Inherited, Maternally

Previous Indexing:

• DNA, Mitochondrial/genetics (1984-2016)
• Extrachromosomal Inheritance (1968-2016)
• Inheritance Patterns (2003-2016)

See Also:

• Paternal Inheritance

All MeSH Categories
Phenomena and Processes Category
Genetic Phenomena
Inheritance Patterns
Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Maternal Inheritance