NEET Biology question

Biology Cell: The Unit of Life NEET

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

(A)One-third of the progenies
(B)None of the progeniesCorrect
(C)All of the progenies
(D)Fifty per cent of the progenies

Answer: (B)

Solution

Mitochondria (and the cytoplasm generally) are inherited maternally, since the egg contributes essentially all of the cytoplasmic organelles to the zygote while the

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