1. in a manner involving inheritance from only one parent
Usage: genetics; biology

Examples

• The mitochondrial DNA is inherited uniparentally from the mother.
• Some plant species reproduce uniparentally through parthenogenesis.
• The chloroplast genome is transmitted uniparentally in most flowering plants.
• Researchers studied how certain traits are passed uniparentally across generations.
• The organism develops uniparentally without fertilization from a male gamete.