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Abstract
An active digestion model for maternal inheritance of chloroplast DNA is discussed. In the model, specific mRNAs are synthesized in a cell nucleus of female origin in young zygotes. Proteins coded by the mRNAs activate Nuclease C which preferentially digests chloroplast DNA of male origin, leading to the maternal inheritance.Mesh:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 3940020
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Microbiol Sci ISSN: 0265-1351