Question

What is the inheritance of characters by plasmagenes known as?

• A. Extrafield inheritance
• B. Maternal inheritance
• C. Extrachromosomal inheritance
• D. Maternal inheritance

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Extrachromosomal inheritance

The inheritance of characters by plasmagenes is known as extrachromosomal inheritance or extranuclear inheritance. Plasmagenes are some self-replicating genes which are present in the cytoplasm, mitochondrial DNA and chloroplast DNA.