What does cytoplasmically mean?
Cytoplasmically means With regard to the cytoplasm.
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With regard to the cytoplasm.
In this case, cytoplasmically inherited traits are present in both males and females and are passed from mother to offspring, never from father to offspring. Reciprocal crosses, therefore, give different results when cytoplasmic genes encode a trait.
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Cytoplasmically means With regard to the cytoplasm.
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In this case, cytoplasmically inherited traits are present in both males and females and are passed from mother to offspring, never from father to offspring. Reciprocal crosses, therefore, give different results when cytoplasmic genes encode a trait.
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