Various ways traits are inherited from parents to offspring is known as pattern of inheritance.
Explanation:
- Traits follow a particular trend or way by which they pass on to offspring from the parents.
- These modes or ways are termed as Pattern of inheritance.
- There are basically five patterns of inheritance :
a) Autosomal dominant.
b) Autosomal recessive.
c) X-linked dominant.
d) X-linked recessive.
e) Mitochondrial innheritance.
- Each Inheritance pattern has a peculiar character that distinguishes it from the rest of the other patterns.
