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.
When a certain character is inherited only through female parent, it represents (b) cytoplasmic inheritance because sperms only donate their nucleus. The genes of the offspring present in mitochondria are coming from only the ovum not form the seprm. So it can be called cytoplasmic inheritance.
(a) This option is rejected because plastics are present only in plants not in animals.
(b) This option is accepted.
(c) This option is rejected because incomplete dominance can be found in both parents genes.
(d) This option is rejected because medelian inheritance states about the inheritance of both the paternal and maternal genes.
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