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Cytoplasmic inheritance

Hereditary transmission dependent on the cytoplasm or structures in the cytoplasm rather than the nuclear genes; extrachromosomal inheritance. Thus, plastid characteristics in plants are inherited by a mechanism independent of nuclear genes.

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