mitochondrial inheritance the inheritance of traits controlled by genes on the DNA of mitochondria in the ooplasm; thus the genes are inherited entirely from the maternal side, segregate randomly at meiosis or mitosis, and are variably expressed.

recessive inheritance see under gene.

sex-linked inheritance see under gene.

dominant inheritance

Inheritance in which an allele produces the same phenotypic effect whether inherited with a homozygous or heterozygous allele.

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