hologynic inheritance
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hol·o·gyn·ic in·her·i·tance
transmission of a trait from mother to daughters but not to sons, attributed to attached (partially fused) X chromosomes, to cytoplasmic inheritance, or to sex limitation with abnormal segregation, for example, hematocolpos.
hologynic inheritance
Transmission of traits from mothers only to daughters.
See also: inheritance