单词 | cytoplasmic inheritance |
释义 | > as lemmascytoplasmic inheritance cytoplasmic inheritance n. Brit. /sʌɪtə(ʊ)ˌplazmɪk ɪnˈhɛrᵻt(ə)ns/ , U.S. /ˌsaɪdəˈˌplæzmɪk ᵻnˈhɛrətns/ , /ˌsaɪdoʊˈˌplæzmɪk ᵻnˈhɛrətns/ Genetics the non-Mendelian (often maternal) inheritance of particular traits resulting from the transmission of extranuclear genetic information, found on organelles such as mitochondria and chloroplasts, or on other sources of cytoplasmic DNA such as viruses.ΚΠ 1915 Bot. Gaz. 60 455 The writer was inclined to believe that..cytoplasmic inheritance might account for the matroclinic crosses. 1959 Nature 3 Oct. 1013/2 To some extent, recognition or denial of the existence of cytoplasmic inheritance depends upon one's definition of heredity. 2003 Cell 115 879/1 A similar mechanism [sc. conformational change in prions] might explain the unusual dominant, cytoplasmic inheritance of certain traits in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. cytoplasmic inheritance cytoplasmic inheritance n. Genetics the inheritance of a trait by means of extranuclear genetic determinants, as in mitochondria, chloroplasts, or plasmids. ΚΠ 1915 Bot. Gaz. 60 455 The writer was inclined to believe that..cytoplasmic inheritance might account for the matroclinic crosses. 1959 Nature 3 Oct. 1013/2 To some extent, recognition or denial of the existence of cytoplasmic inheritance depends upon one's definition of heredity. 2003 Cell 115 879/1 A similar mechanism [sc. conformational change in prions] might explain the unusual dominant, cytoplasmic inheritance of certain traits in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. < as lemmas |
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