uniparental

[yoo-nuh-puh-ren-tl]

adjective Biology.

having one parent, as an organism produced by parthenogenesis.

Origin of uniparental

First recorded in 1895–1900; uni- + parental

Related formsu·ni·pa·ren·tal·ly, adverb

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