MATERNALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maternally mean? 

• MATERNALLY (adverb)
  The adverb MATERNALLY has 1 sense:

1. in a maternal manner; as a mother

  Familiarity information: MATERNALLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MATERNALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a maternal manner; as a mother

Synonyms:

maternally; motherly

Context example:

she loved her students almost maternally

Pertainym:

maternal (characteristic of a mother)

 Context examples 

In linkage analysis, the ability to distinguish between maternally inherited and paternally inherited DNA markers (polymorphisms) within or near a given gene of interest.

(Informative, NCI Dictionary)

Maternally expressed exclusively and developmentally regulated human putative tumor suppressor H19 Gene encodes H19 Imprinted Maternal Untranslated mRNA.

(H19 Imprinted Maternal Untranslated mRNA, NCI Thesaurus)

These modifications lead to differential expression of a gene or genes on a maternally derived chromosome versus a paternally derived chromosome.

(Genomic Imprinting, NCI Dictionary)

Typically small, circular, intronless, and maternally inherited, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is the multicopy deoxyribonucleic acid genome of mitochondria, intracellular organelles responsible for vital respiratory chain and oxidative phosphorylation reactions in higher eukaryotes.

(Mitochondrial DNA, NCI Thesaurus)