Question

Which of the following is false?

A. When a maternal effect gene is seen, the offspring will demonstrate the phenotype of the mother's genotype.
B. In maternal effect, an offspring will have the genotype of their mother.
C. In a reciprocal cross, if an offspring has the mother's phenotype for both crosses, cytoplasmic inheritance is responsible.
D. The direction of shell coiling in Lymnaea peregra is influenced by the orientation of the first cleavage division.
E. It is safe to say that a maternal effect is caused by the genotype, not the phenotype, of the parent producing the egg.

Answer 1

Answer is D.

Step-by-step explanation:

The first cleavage division can be explained or described as the series of first cellular division of the zygote after fertilization.

In this case, the process of recoiling of the shell of the snail can not be categorized as one of the examples at this stage.