holandric

Term: holandric

Literally meaning: “entirely male”

Origin: Anc Greek

όλος/holos(= whole, entire, all)

ανδρός/andros(=genitive case of noun ανήρ/aner=man, male)

Coined/History

In 1922 by Enriques in order to describe a type of inhetritance in which all males are affected and in which females neither exhibit the trait nor transmit the underlying gene.( Source:

Enriques P, 1922. Hologynic heredity. Genetics 7: 583-589.

Definition

Y-linked nonhomologous genes or loci that can only be transmitted from father to son.