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When an albino female plnt of maize is crossed with normal green male plant, all plants in the progeny are albino because

A

Plastids are inherited through maternal plants

B

Albinism is dominant over green character

C

The crossing results in structural changes in plastids

D

Green plastidsof male parents become mutated

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(a) The phenotypes of the offspring in this plant depend on the phenotype of the branch that contributes the female gametes.
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