| 释义 |
bipaˈrental, a.
[bi-2.]
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, two parents.
1900K. Pearson Gram. Sci. (ed. 2) 469 These are the questions of bi-parental heredity. Ibid. 473 The variability of the individual makes itself felt not only in bi-parental reproduction but in autogamic and parthenogenetic reproduction. 1903Biometrika Nov. 396 The existence of this assortative mating most substantially modifies the form of biparental inheritance. 1929B. Russell Marriage & Morals xvi. 187 Easy divorce..must be regarded as a transitional stage on the way from the bi-parental to the purely maternal family. 1955New Biol. XIX. 7 Biparental reproduction is the main cause of variation in most species. |