Cytoplasmically inherited traits often exhibit wide phenotyp

Cytoplasmically inherited traits often exhibit wide phenotypic variation because there is no mechanism to ensure the even distribution of cytoplasmic genes between daughter cells.

A. True

B. False

Solution

A. True.

Mitochondria and chloroplasts (and the genes they carry) are randomly distributed to daughter cells during mitosis and meiosis. When the cell divides, the organelles that happen to be on opposite sides of the cleavage furrow or cell plate will end up in different daughter cells^3