Environmental Maternal Effects
The environment or condition of the mother can also in some situations influence the phenotype of her offspring, independent of the offspring's genotype.
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“Mothers have as powerful an influence over the welfare of future generations, as all other causes combined.”
—John Abbott. The Mother at Home; or the Principles of Maternal Duty, John Abbott, Crocker and Brewster (1833)
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