Extrachromosomal Genome

The transmission of genes that occur outside the nucleus is called_____.

• Extranuclear inheritance

• Nuclear inheritance

• Mendelian inheritance

• None of the above

The two eukaryotic organelles responsible for cytoplasmic inheritance are_____

• Lysosome and mitochondria

• Chloroplasts and lysosomes

• Mitochondria and chloroplasts

• Mitochondria and Golgi complex

Extranuclear inheritance commonly occur in________.

• Ribosomes

• Nucleus

• Cytoplasmic organelles

• Cell membrane

Plastid inheritance was studied by____.

• Thomas Morgan

• Gregor Mendel

• Francis Crick

• Corrence and Bouer

_____ is an example of plastid inheritance.

• Pisum sativum

• Mirabilis jalapa

• Mangifera indica

• Passiflora edulis

The genetic phenomenon wherein the genes are inherited from both the parents but the offspring's phenotype is determined by genotype of it's mother, this phenomenon is known as________.

• Mendelian inheritance

• Maternal inheritance

• Paternal inheritance

• Nuclear inheritance

Petite in Yeast is an example of ________ inheritance.

• Mitochondrial

• Nuclear

• Ribosomal

• Plastid

The factors governing the cytoplasmic inheritance are called_____

• Genes

• Chromogenes

• Chlorogenes

• Plasmogenes

What is a petite mutant?

• Defective mitochondrial function of yeast

• Plastid function mutant

• Dwarfism

• Maternal effect genes

Which of the following is NOT the type of petite mutant?

• Nuclear

• Polygene

• Suppressive

• Neutral