impaternate, a. Biol.
(ɪmpəˈtɜːnət)
[f. im-2 + paternal a. + -ate2.]
Produced parthenogenetically by a female without fecundation by a male.
| 1934 in Webster. 1936 Nature 11 July 78/1 If the queen bee is diploid and heterozygous for a recessive factor, she..would be expected to produce impaternate haploid drones, equal numbers of which would show the dominant or the recessive character. 1965 [see deuterotoky s.v. deutero-]. |