NEET 2004 Biology question

Extranuclear inheritance is a consequence of presence of genes in -

(1)Endoplasmic reticulum & mitochondria
(2)Ribosomes and chloroplast
(3)Lysosomes and ribosomes
(4)Mitochondria and chloroplastsCorrect

Answer: (4)

Solution

Extranuclear (cytoplasmic, non-Mendelian) inheritance is controlled by genes present outside the nucleus, in the DNA of the semi-autonomous organelles, namely mitochondria and chloroplasts (and plasmids). Endoplasmic

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