maternal inheritance
Genetics
noun
Inheritance from the mother; specifically the inheritance of non-chromosomal genetic material via the cytoplasm of the ovum, usually in organelles such as mitochondria and chloroplasts.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.
- therethrough
- thereto
- theretofore
- thereunder
- thereunto
- thereupon
- the Revelation of St John the Divine
- the Revolution
- there wasn't a dry eye (in the house)
- there will be hell to pay
- therewith
- therewithal
- there you are (or go)
- there you go again
- there you have it
- Theria
- theriac
- therian
- therianthropic
- the Right
- the right hand doesn't know what the left hand's doing
- the right stuff
- theriomorphic
- the Ritz
- the Riviera