GEN COMBO LOOSELEAF ESSENTIALS OF BIOLOGY; CONNECT ACCESS CARD
GEN COMBO LOOSELEAF ESSENTIALS OF BIOLOGY; CONNECT ACCESS CARD
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ISBN: 9781260149302
Author: Sylvia S. Mader Dr., Michael Windelspecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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To determine:

The sex, which contribute to the mitochondrial inheritance.

Introduction:

The inheritance can be defined as the process of passing the genetic information from one generation to another. The genetic inheritance can be nuclear and mitochondrial, as the mitochondria also have their own genome.

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The zygote is produced by the fusion of the male and the female gametes. During the formation of the zygote, the male only contributes the genetic material present in the nucleus. Rest of the cytoplasmic organelles and the structures comes from the ovum only. The mitochondria present in the body of the zygote come from the maternal body. Hence, the mitochondrial genome is inherited from the females only. That is why, the traits coded by the mitochondrial genomes is always similar to the mother.

Conclusion

In an offspring, the females contribute to the mitochondrial gene and other cytoplasmic structures.

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