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Agriculture · Q72

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 72

Q72

Cytoplasmic sterility is governed by

A.
Cytoplasm and genetic genes
B.
Plasma genes
Answer
C.
Nuclear genes
D.
None of the above

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Cytoplasmic sterility is governed by Plasma genes.
Cytoplasmic male sterility is under extranuclear genetic control. It shows non-Mendelian inheritance, with male sterility inherited maternally.
In general, there are two types of cytoplasm: N (normal) and aberrant S (sterile) cytoplasms.
And plasma genes are a self-replicating extranuclear determiner of hereditary characteristics.