NEET 2004 Biology question

One of the parents of a cross has a mutation in its mitochondria. In that cross, that parent is taken as a male. During segregation of F progenies that mutation is found in -

(1)None of the progeniesCorrect
(2)All the progenies
(3)50% of the progenies
(4)1/3 of the progenies

Answer: (1)

Solution

Mitochondrial genes show cytoplasmic (extranuclear) inheritance. The zygote receives its mitochondria almost entirely from the egg (maternal inheritance); the sperm contributes essentially no mitochondria to the zygote. When the parent with the mutated

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