impaternateadj.
/ɪmpəˈtəːnət/ Biology.
Produced parthenogenetically by a female without fecundation by a male.
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gemmiparous1793
gemmiferous1804
agamic1816
zoogenic1842
agamogenetic1858
autogenetic1859
parthenogenetic1860
parthenogenous1869
unsexual1873
monogenous1874
monogonic1876
monogonous1876
arrenotokous1877
gemmative1877
thelytokous1877
parthenogenic1878
heteroblastic1888
blastogenic1889
isogamous1889
paedogenetic1889
monogenic1890
anisogamous1891
monogenetic1900
paedogamous1912
apomictic1913
cytogamous1918
ectogenetic1923
pseudogamous1932
agamospermous1933
impaternate1934
subsexual1937
mictic1950
somatogamous1950
zygogenetic1950
1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1936 Nature 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 F. A. E. Crew Sex-determination (ed. 4) v. 77 Deuterotoky is found in several species of moths.
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