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What is criss-cross inheritance?

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Criss-cross inheritance transmitted as the inheritance of sex-linked character transmitted from father to daughter and from mother to son who pass it on to grandsons and granddaughters, respectively. The trait is expressed only in alternate generations, e.g. red-green colour blindness, haemophilia, etc.
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