Principles of Inheritance and Variation Question 86

86. After crossing between two plants, the progenies are found to be male-sterile. This phenomenon is found to be maternally inherited and is due to some genes which are present in

(a) nucleus

(b) chloroplast

(c) mitochondrion

(d) cytoplasm

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Answer : c

Hints & Solution

(c) Male sterlity occur due to cytoplasmic or cytoplasmic- genenic inheritance, i.e., due to DNA present in mitochondrion or chloroplast under the i.e. control of extra-nuclear gene.



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