See Also: cytoplasmic inheritance(medicine)
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cytoplasmic inheritance (medicine)


cytoplasmic inheritance
<genetics> Inheritance of parental characters through a nonchromosomal means, thus mitochondrial DNA is cytoplasmically inherited since the information is not segregated at mitosis.

In a broader sense the organisation of a cell may be inherited through the continuity of structures from one generation to the next. It has often been speculated that the information for some structures may not be encoded in the genomic DNA, particularly in protozoa that have complex patterns of surface organelles.

See: maternal inheritance.