A man with kinky hair has children by a woman with non-kinky hair. They have five children, three of whom have kinky hair. Based on this information alone, what inheritance pattern is seen with the kinky hair trait?
a. single-gene trait
b. pleiotropy
c. multiple alleles
d. incomplete dominance
e. linked inheritance
Ans: a. single-gene trait
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