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What is meant by cytoplasmic inheritance ?

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DNA is the universal genetic material . Genes located in nuclear chromosomes follow Mendelian inheritance. But certain traits are governed either by the chloroplast or mitochondrial genes. This phenomenon is known as extra nuclear inheritance . It is a kind of Non - Mendelian inheritance . Since it involves cytoplasmic organelles such as chloroplast and mitochondrion that act as inheritance vectors, it is also called Cytoplasmic inheritance.
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