Inheritance in the males is purely matriclinous as would be expected if they arise in unfertilized eggs.
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Matriclinous
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A few strongly matriclinous underyearlings were obtained (Kobayasi, 1963) when crossing female crucian carp with Japanese Leuciscinae Moroco percnurus and Tribolodon hakonensis.
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The pattern of PAGE for several generations of pedigree stocks of P. formosa strictly showed matriclinous inheritance of a diagnostic muscle protein phenotype (Monaco et al., 1982).
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