"Paternal Inheritance" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A form of inheritance where the traits of the offspring are paternal in origin due to the expression of extra-nuclear genetic material such as MITOCHONDRIAL DNA or Y chromosome genes. CENTRIOLES are also paternally inherited.
| Descriptor ID |
D000072740
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.420.623
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| Concept/Terms |
Paternal Inheritance- Paternal Inheritance
- Inheritance, Paternal
- Paternal Effect
- Effect, Paternal
- Effects, Paternal
- Paternal Effects
- Inherited Paternally
- Paternally, Inherited
- Paternally Inherited
- Inherited, Paternally
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