dictionary help| maternal effect gene | medical dictionary |
Gene, usually required for early embryonic development, whose product is secreted into the egg by the mother. The phenotype is thus determined by the mother's, rather than the egg's, genotype.
Compare:. Zygotic effect gene.
See: egg polarity gene.
(11 Mar 2008)
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