NEETBiologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationMCQ+4 / −1
One of the parents of a cross has a mutation in
its mitochondria. In that cross, that parent is
taken as a male. During segregation of F2
progenies that mutation is found in -
- A50% of the progenies
- B1/3 of the progenies
- CNone of the progenies
- DAll the progenies
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Correct answer: C
Mitochondria is an organelle present in the cytoplasm. A zygote receives its cytoplasm from the female parent gamete. Hence in the given question, the F2 progenies receive the mitochondrial genome from the male parent, so mutation is not passed to progenies.
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