Question

What is the difference between maternal inheritance and cytoplasmic inheritance?

Answer 1

Answer:

cytoplasmic inheritance can be horizontal (i.e genes can be passed on to each other in the same generation ) as in bacteria ( plasmids ) or can be vertical.

Whereas maternal inheritance is only vertical i.e genes can only be passed on to the next generation.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

Extranuclear inheritance or cytoplasmic inheritanceis the transmission of genes that occur outside the nucleus. It is found in most eukaryotes and is commonly known to occur in cytoplasmic organelles such as mitochondria and chloroplasts or from cellular parasites like viruses or bacteria.