Cytoplasmically
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 With regard to the cytoplasm not-comparable
"In this case, cytoplasmically inherited traits are present in both males and females and are passed from mother to offspring, never from father to offspring. Reciprocal crosses, therefore, give different results when cytoplasmic genes encode a trait."
Adverb
- 1 by means of cytoplasm wordnet
Example
More examples"In this case, cytoplasmically inherited traits are present in both males and females and are passed from mother to offspring, never from father to offspring. Reciprocal crosses, therefore, give different results when cytoplasmic genes encode a trait."
Etymology
From cytoplasmic + -ally.
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