WB JEE Medical WB JEE Medical Solved Paper-2015

  • question_answer
    Genes for maternal inheritance are located-in

    A)  Golgi bodies       

    B)  mitochondria

    C)  lysosome       

    D)  nucleolus

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

     Mitochondria contain genes responsible for matemal/cytoplasmic gene inheritance. In many organisms, the mitochondrial  genome is inherited maternally. This is because the mothers egg cell donates the majority of cytoplasm to the embryo and mitochondria inherited from the fathers sperm are usually destroyed.


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