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Which organelle shows maternal inheritance?


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Maternal inheritance:

  1. It is also known as uniparental inheritance.
  2. A kind of inheritance where the expression of extranuclear DNA found in the ovum during fertilization causes the traits of the progeny to be maternal in origin.

Mitochondria:

  1. Mitochondrial DNA is a DNA found in mitochondria.
  2. Mitochondrial DNA makes up a modest percentage of a eukaryotic cell's DNA. 16,569 base pairs of mitochondrial DNA is encoded by only 37 genes.
  3. It is inherited solely from the mother in most organisms, including humans.
  4. As a result, mitochondria are in charge of maternal inheritance.

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