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Inheritance of characters borne on the male chromosome and therefore only expressed in the male.
Dictionary of molecular biology. 2004.
holandry
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holandry — n. [Gr. holos, whole; aner, male] 1. The condition of bearing the normal number of testes. 2. (ANNELIDA: Oligochaeta) Earthworms with two pair of testes, one pair in segment x and another pair in segment xi; see proandry, metandry … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
holandry — hol·an·dry … English syllables
holandry — ˈhäˌlandrē, ˈhōˌ noun ( es) : the quality or state of being holandric … Useful english dictionary
meroandric — a; see holandry … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
metandry — n. [Gr. meta, after; aner, male] (ANNELIDA) Possessing only the posterior pair of testes; in earthworms, testes restricted to segment xi; metandric a; see proandry, holandry … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
