In domestic chickens, some males display a plumage pattern called cock feathering.Other males and all females display a pattern called hen feathering.Cock feathering is an autosomal recessive trait that is exhibited in males only.What type of inheritance is exhibited by this trait?

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Sex-limited inheritance is when an autosomal trait is expressed in only one sex. In this case, the cock feathering trait is autosomal (not located on the sex chromosomes) but is expressed only in males, making it a sex-limited trait.

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