Plant crosses and pollination

This is a subject that I seem to recall being discussed sometime within the last three years, but I can't find it in the archives.
 
I know that the genetic makeup for the pumpkins I am growing this year is already determined by the seeds I am planting.  My question deals with the pumpkin characteristics that are transferred during pollination and the seeds that will eventually be the outcome.  Do the genetics from the male flower, i.e.. size, weight, color, have a greater impact on the genetics of the seed than the female flower?  Or is it the female flower that carries the genetic makeup into the seeds?  Is it split with the male carrying half and the female carrying half, or is it ultimately a crap shoot and you just take your chances?
 
Jeff Hastreiter
 
"Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana."
(Groucho Marx)
 
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