Cytoplasm Health Dictionary

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Cytoplasm: From 2 Different Sources

The PROTOPLASM of the cell body. (See CELLS.)
Health Source: Medical Dictionary
Author: Health Dictionary
n. the jelly-like substance that surrounds the nucleus of a cell. See also ectoplasm; endoplasm; protoplasm. —cytoplasmic adj.
Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin

Cytoplasmic Inheritance

the inheritance of characters controlled by genes present in the cell cytoplasm rather than by genes on the chromosomes in the cell nucleus. An example of cytoplasmic inheritance is that controlled by mitochondrial genes (see mitochondrion).... cytoplasmic inheritance

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