1 cytoplasmic heredity | Definition of cytoplasmic heredity

cytoplasmic heredity

noun
variants: or cytoplasmic inheritance

Definition of cytoplasmic heredity

: the transmission of characters from parent to offspring through the cytoplasm of the germ cell also : the characters so transmitted — compare plasmagene, plastogene

First Known Use of cytoplasmic heredity

1915, in the meaning defined above

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