male parent

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"In most sea spiders, the male parent takes care of the babies by carrying them around while they develop," UH Manoa School of Life Sciences Professor and lead researcher Amy Moran said.

From Science Daily • Feb. 18, 2024

Previously, scientists have generated young mice and frogs with no genetic input from a male parent.

From Scientific American • Aug. 1, 2023

But when researchers analyzed the genetic profile of two of the male baby chicks, they noticed something strange: the genetic markers used for parentage determination indicated they couldn’t have had a male parent.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2021

This means there are some genes that are only expressed if they came from a male parent and there are some genes that are only expressed if they came from a female parent.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018

He stood back often to study the results of his gnawing, and at last felt he had captured the proud, stern, aloof, strong, honest look of his male parent.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig