matriclinous

English

Adjective

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).