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impaternate, a. Biol.|ɪmpəˈtɜːnət|
[f. im-2 + paternal a. + -ate2.]
Produced parthenogenetically by a female without fecundation by a male.
1934in Webster. 1936Nature 11 July 78/1 If the queen bee is diploid and heterozygous for a recessive factor, she..would be expected to produce impaternate haploid drones, equal numbers of which would show the dominant or the recessive character. 1965[see deuterotoky s.v. deutero-]. |