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Mitochondria and plastids have their own DNA (genetic material). What is known about their fate during division like mitosis ?

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The DNA present in mitochondria and chloroplast is extrachromosomal DNA. It has nothing to do with the nuclear divisions. In mitosis, only DNA takes part
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