monogenic

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adjective

  1. Origin: mono- + gen(e) + -ic

    Biol. designating or of a mode of inheritance in which a character is controlled by one pair of genes

  2. Origin: mono- + -gen + -ic

    Zool. producing offspring of one sex only, as females only in some species of aphids

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adjective
  1. a. Of or relating to monogenesis; monogenetic.
    b. Relating to monogenism.
  2. Of or regulated by one gene or one of a pair of allelic genes.
  3. Producing offspring of only one sex, as some species of aphids.

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  • monˌo·genˈi·cal·ly adverb

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