Question

Read the given statements and select the correct option:
Statement 1: Cholorplast and mitochondria are semi-autonomous bodies
Statement 2: Chloroplast and mitochondria have their own DNA and protein synthesising machinery.

• A. Both statements 1 and 2 are correct
• B. Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect
• C. Statement 2 is correct but statement 1 is incorrect
• D. Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect

Answer 1

The correct option is A Both statements 1 and 2 are correct

Chloroplasts and mitochondria are semi-autonomous cell-organelles possessing their own DNA and proteins. In animals an individual gets mitochondria and mitochondrial genes from its mother because the middle piece of a sperm that contains mitochondria does not enter the egg during fertilisation. This inheritance pattern of mitochondria genes