Maternal Inheritance Patterns from Generation to Generation Cannot Be Analyzed

question 22

Multiple Choice

Maternal inheritance patterns from generation to generation cannot be analyzed by simply studying the X chromosome in the way that paternal inheritance patterns can follow the Y chromosome because

• A) the X chromosome is too large to analyze effectively.
• B) the X chromosome sometimes exchanges genetic information with the Y chromosome.
• C) the X chromosome is obtained from both the father and the mother.
• D) one X chromosome is deactivated in females.

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