Question

In which type of inheritance, offspring will exhibit less parental characters?

• A. Polygenic inheritance
• B. Maternal inheritance
• C. Monogenic inheritance
• D. Cytoplasmic inheritance

Answer 1

The correct option is A Polygenic inheritance

Polygenic character is controlled by multiple genes, many genes control a single character. The progeny or offspring mostly exhibit the intermediate characters of both parents. So, this type of inheritance produces more recombinants.

Maternal inheritance is the inheritance pattern in which characters are passed from mother. Cytoplasmic inheritance is an example of maternal inheritance where the offspring obtain its character from cytoplasm of the ovum or egg from the mother. In both maternal and cytoplasmic inheritance, the offspring has the character of the mother.

Monogenic inheritance is the type of inheritance in which a character is controlled by alleles of a single gene. In this inheritance, the offspring will have characters of either of the two parents.