Question 4

(Multiple Choice)

Dextral (D) and sinistral (d) shell coiling in the water snail Limnaea peregra is genetically determined. From a population of mixed sinistral and dextral snails, a sinistral female and a dextral male are chosen. All the offspring are dextral. When the female offspring are mated, 50% produce only sinistral snails and the other 50% produce only dextral snails.
-This form of inheritance is called


A)maternal inheritance.
B)sex-limited inheritance.
C)sex-linked inheritance.
D)maternal effect.
E)partial penetrance.

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