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

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Maternal effect involves the phenotype of the offspring being determined by the genotype of the mother, not the offspring inheriting the mother's genotype. The mother's genotype influences the phenotype of the offspring through the cytoplasmic factors present in the egg.

Which of the Following Is False