imprinted

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of imprint

adj

1. Stamped or impressed.
2. Produced by or exhibiting imprinting; showing distinction by its origin from the paternal or maternal genome.

   “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 [...].”