Outrageously Funny Word Dictionary :: Uniparental

👉 Uniparentally refers to a situation in which two or more individuals are related by only one parent. This concept is often associated with biological families, where each individual has a single, genetically identical parent. In this context, a person may be considered "uniparentally" if they have at least one parent who shares the same genetic makeup and ancestry. For example, in a family of three individuals, there could be a mother and two fathers (who share the same parents). This situation

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👉 Uniparental refers to a situation where only one parent has two sets of chromosomes, which are inherited from each other. This means that there is no crossover between the two sets of chromosomes, so the offspring will have an extra set of chromosomes, and therefore their characteristics will be different from those of both parents combined. For example, if you have a father with two sets of X chromosomes and a mother with one set of Y chromosomes, the offspring would not have any additional X or Y chromosomes

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