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| cy·to·plas·mic in·her·i·tance |
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inheritance of genes in cytoplasm: the inheritance of genes from the female parent that are not in the nucleus but in organelles such as mitochondria that are found in the cytoplasm. This type of inheritance is not controlled by Mendel's laws.
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