Non-Nuclear Inheritance (Leaving Cert Biology): Flashcards

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Non-Nuclear Inheritance
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Non-nuclear inheritance definition

Passing on genes without using the nucleus

Location of most genes

On chromosomes in the nucleus

Organelles with DNA besides nucleus

Mitochondria and chloroplasts

What don't sperm pass to zygote?

Mitochondria

What egg cells pass to zygote

Mitochondria

Parental source of our mitochondria

Mother

Mitochondrial Eve term meaning

Maternal inheritance of mitochondria

How mitochondrial DNA genes are inherited

Only from the mother

Where some genes are found in cells

On DNA in mitochondria and chloroplasts

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