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simple past and past participle of imprint examples
comparative more imprinted, superlative most imprinted
Stamped or impressed. examples
(genetics) Produced by or exhibiting imprinting; showing distinction by its origin from the paternal or maternal genome. quotations examples
The inference is that there is an imprinted gene somewhere on the X chromosome, which is normally switched on only on the paternal copy and that this gene somehow enhances the development of social adjustment [...].
'1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 217