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Structure of Chloroplasts

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mitochondria and chloraplastcontain DNA that encodes some protein essential to life . these organelles are inherited via the mother's egg. do you expect these genes follow mendelian law of inheritance ? explain your answer

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The genes that are found in mitochondria and chloroplast DNA do not follow Mendelian inheritance.

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