細さい胞ぼう質しつ遺い伝でん

noun

cytoplasmic heredity

Technical term in genetics referring to the transmission of traits through cytoplasmic factors (e.g., mitochondrial DNA) rather than nuclear genes.

• ミトコンドリアDNAは細さい胞ぼう質しつ遺い伝でんの代だい表ひょう例れいである。

  Mitochondrial DNA is a typical example of cytoplasmic heredity.