uniparental

[ yoo-nuh-puh-ren-tl ]

adjective

, Biology.

1. having one parent, as an organism produced by parthenogenesis.

Other Words From

• uni·pa·rental·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of uniparental¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; uni- + parental

Example Sentences

Detailed analyses of uniparental markers, which can reveal sex-specific demographic histories of Log Coffin-associated groups, will be provided in a forthcoming study.

From Science Daily

The question of whether we can meaningfully set parameters on African American diversity took on a genetic focus with the rise in direct-to-consumer genetic testing and interpretations based on limited uniparental markers.

From Nature

UPD, uniparental disomy; ND, no material available for conclusive molecular subgroup assignment.

From Nature

UPD, uniparental disomy; ND, no material available for conclusive molecular subgroup assignment.

From Nature

Yet these ‘uniparental markers’, which chart an unbroken chain back through either the maternal or paternal line, are rarely unique to a population.

From Nature