A female cat that is small due to nutritional deficiencies experienced in early life will give birth to smaller kittens than a genetically identical cat that is larger in size due to better nutrition in early life,even if both female cats were bred to the same male cat and both had good nutrition during pregnancy.The term that is used in measuring this type of variation is A)V_P. B)V_E. C)V_EG. D)V_ES. E)V_EM.

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This scenario describes maternal effects, where the mother's phenotype, influenced by her early life nutrition, affects the offspring's phenotype. V_EM represents variation due to maternal effects.

A Female Cat That Is Small Due to Nutritional Deficiencies