When an albino maize plant (female) is crossed with a normal green plant (male), all the progeny are albino. Why?
Correct answer B. Plastids are inherited through the maternal parent
Explanation
In maize, plastids pass to the zygote through the egg cytoplasm and not the pollen, so the offspring inherit the defective plastids of the albino mother.
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