adj :  having, involving, or derived from a single parent : specif  :  involving or being inheritance in which an offspring's complete genotype or all copies of one or more genes, chromosome parts, or whole chromosomes are derived from a single parent < disomy>  uni*pa*ren*tal*ly adv 
 
 
 
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