matriclinous

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matriclinous (comparative more matriclinous, superlative most matriclinous)

  1. Alternative form of matroclinous
    • 1933, Francis Albert Eley Crew, Sex determination, page 76:
      Inheritance in the males is purely matriclinous as would be expected if they arise in unfertilized eggs.
    • 1980, Journal of Ichthyology, volume 19, page 59:
      A few strongly matriclinous underyearlings were obtained (Kobayasi, 1963) when crossing female crucian carp with Japanese Leuciscinae Moroco percnurus and Tribolodon hakonensis.
    • 2010, T. J. Pandian, Sexuality in Fishes[1], page 60:
      The pattern of PAGE for several generations of pedigree stocks of P. formosa strictly showed matriclinous inheritance of a diagnostic muscle protein phenotype (Monaco et al., 1982).