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When a certain character is inherited on...

When a certain character is inherited only through female parent, it probably represents

A

Multiple plastid inheritance

B

Cytoplasmic inheritance

C

Incomplete dominance

D

Mendelian nuclear inheritance

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The correct Answer is:
B
• Cytoplasmic or extranuclear or maternal inheritance is due to the plastids or mitochondria as they possess DNA.
• When a character is inherited through female parents it represents cytoplasmic inheritance.
• Sterile pollen Limnaea shell coiling and killer Paramoecium are examples of cytoplasmic inheritance.
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