biparentaladj.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, two parents.
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biparental1900
1900 K. Pearson Gram. of Sci. (ed. 2) 469 These are the questions of bi-parental heredity.
1900 K. Pearson Gram. of Sci. (ed. 2) 473 The variability of the individual makes itself felt not only in bi-parental reproduction but in autogamic and parthenogenetic reproduction.
1903 Biometrika 2 396 The existence of this assortative mating most substantially modifies the form of biparental inheritance.
1929 B. 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.
1955 New Biol. 19 7 Biparental reproduction is the main cause of variation in most species.
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