Cytoplasmon
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cytoplasmon is a noun meaning the collective genetic material of a eukaryotic cell that is found in its cytoplasm, i.e. not contained in its nucleus, mitochondria, or plastids.
Meaning
the collective genetic material of a eukaryotic cell that is found in its cytoplasm, i.e. not contained in its nucleus, mitochondria, or plastids.
Example Sentences
Cytoplasmon: the total extranuclear genetic information of a eukaryotic cell, excluding that in the mitochondria and plastids.
[…] as opposed to those extrachromosomal hereditary determinants which are located outside the plastids and make up the cytoplasmon.
[…] but different cytoplasms and plastids provided the possibility to distinguish between the influence of the plastome and the cytoplasmon on several traits.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include plasmon, cytoplasm, cytome, episome, cytosome, homoplasmon.
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