cytoplasmic inheritance
cytoplasmic inheritance The inheritance of genes contained in the cytoplasm of a cell, rather than the nucleus. Only a very small number of genes are inherited in this way. The phenomenon occurs because certain organelles, the
mitochondria and (in plants) the
chloroplasts, contain their own genes and can reproduce independently. The female reproductive cell (the egg) has a large amount of cytoplasm containing many such organelles, which are consequently incorporated into the cytoplasm of all the cells of the embryo. The male reproductive cells (sperm or pollen), however, consist almost solely of a nucleus. Cytoplasmic organelles are thus not inherited from the male parent. In plants, male sterility can be inherited via the cytoplasm. The inheritance of any such factors does not follow Mendelian laws.
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Le Nain de Tillemont et l'historiographie de l'Antiquité romaine: Actes de Colloque international organisé par le Centre Le Nain de Tillemont et tenu à la Fondation Singer-Polignac présidée par Monsieur Édouard Bonnefous les 19 et 20 novembre 1998 et à l'Institut de France le 21 novembre 1998
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Le Nain de Tillemont et l'historiographie de l...Colloque international organis par le Centre Le Nain de Tillemont et tenu la Fondation Singer...the death of the French scholar Sbastien Le Nain de Tillemont (1637-1698).The papers...
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'Nain Ae gets much of his power from babies, but the babies are dead already
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 10/20/2002; ; 700+ words
; IN Bangkok, if you bring up the name Nain Ae in polite company the reaction is always...a stream of young girls into his bed. Nain Ae even spent time in prison for his troubles...am told, near Saraburi. "Just ask for Nain Ae's chicken farm, everyone knows him...
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The crustal structure of the southern Nain and Makkovik provinces of Labrador derived from refraction seismic data.(Report)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...crustal structure across the boundary of the Nain and Makkovik provinces, and to look for...offshore continuation of the Mesoproterozoic Nain Plutonic Suite (NPS). Seven seismometers...distinct zones. In the Saglek block of the Nain Province, the crust is divided into three...
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Proterozoic anorthosite-granite Nain batholith: structure and intrusion processes in an active lithosphere-scale fault zone, northern Labrador.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences; 8/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...ascent through dilating conduits for some of the Nain anorthosite intrusions. To further understand...Proterozoic massif-type anorthosite, known as the Nain Plutonic Suite, in the vicinity of Nain in northern Labrador. New mapping of a broad...
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Late, great geographers.(Nain Singh, Mani Singh, British Survey of India)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Geographical; 3/1/2001; 700+ words
; Nain Singh (c. 1830-1882) Singh worked for...Himalaya on foot, often in disguise How did Nain Singh make his mark? By charting distances...wandering llamas for the task. Two cousins, Nain and Mani Singh, fitted Montgomerie's requirements...
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Fuasai nain ddim yn 'nabod y lie.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 3/25/2009; 700+ words
; ...wraig a'i ferch. Yma mae bedd fy hen nain a thaid. Yma y cefais fy addysg prifysgol...i am y brifysgol. Yma y cyfarfu Taid a Nain, a Dad a Mam, ond yn erbyn y brifysgol...gwyrdd sydd ar 61 yn y ddinas. Pan aeth fy nain i ysbyty ymhell i ffwrdd ym 1932, dechreuodd...
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Nain community benefits from Alpart programme
Newspaper article from: The Weekly Gleaner; 3/5/2003; ; 435 words
; ...training and cottage industry development in Nain, St. Elizabeth, got a major boost recently...Monday during a meeting with members of the Nain Community Centre Management Committee at the Nain Community Centre. Mr. Blake said that the...
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Nain to appear as witness in Shahida Sultan case
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 7/1/2005; 367 words
; ...July 1 -- SUSPENDED DSP Mohkam Singh Nain, who is in judicial custody, would appear...issued to the witnesses. The summons for Nain could not be executed as he was in the...Thakre issued a production warrant for Nain to be brought from Central Jail and produced...
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Shirley L. Nain
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/22/1991; 311 words
; Visitation for Shirley L. Nain, a former Bellwood resident, will be...Funeral Home, 4401 S. Kedzie. Mrs. Nain, 58, died of cancer Thursday in a Spring...Stores truck driver after 35 years. Mrs. Nain, a homemaker, was born and raised on...
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Un noeud gordien chez Balzac: le nain bossu de Modeste Mignon.(le personnage de Jean Butscha)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: French Forum; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...pour le roman. (1) Batard orphelin, nain bossu et soupirant sans espoir de Modeste...mi-grotesque, mi-sublime: le "nain mysterieux" (MM 472) a la rose pretant son appui a Isabelle Vere dans Le Nain noir de Walter Scott (cf. MM 1339...
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Antoine, Louis and Mathieu Le Nain
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Antoine, Louis and Mathieu Le Nain The brothers Antoine (1588-1648...1648), and Mathieu (1607-1677) Le Nain were French painters of genre, religious scenes, and portraits. The work of the Le Nain family, and especially that of Louis...
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Le Nain
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Le Nain , family of French painters consisting of three brothers: Antoine Le Nain, 1588?-1648, Louis Le Nain, 1593?-1648, and Mathieu Le Nain, 1607-77. They went to Paris from Laon c.1629 and were admitted to the Acadé...
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nain
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
nain. Fearsome, demon -like creature of Breton folklore. Black and menacing, the nain peers down at travellers like a gargoyle. His hands are feline claws, his feet hooves like a satyr, and under his dark elf-locks his small red eyes gleam...
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Nain
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Nain , village of Galilee, ancient Palestine, SE of Nazareth. It is the modern Nein, Israel. The Gospel of St. Luke reports that here Jesus raised a widow's son from the dead.
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Le Nain, Antoine
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
Le Nain, Antoine (d. 1648), Louis (d. 1648), and Mathieu ( c. 1607–77). French painters, brothers, who were born...
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