Definition for Maternal-effect gene
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1) A gene from the mother's genome in which its phenotype in the zygote is influenced from the mother's genotype, not from the zygote's.
2) A gene from the maternal genome whose products are required for the early development of the embryo, such as the establishment of the overall polarity of the embryo.