Q. Genes for cytoplasmic male sterility in plants are generally located in :

A) mitochondrial genome
B) cytosol
C) chloroplast genome
D) nuclear genome
Explanation

[Solution from source] Cytoplasmic male sterility is inherited through the mother and is caused by rearranged genes in the mitochondrial genome, which disrupt pollen development. Nuclear restorer genes can override it, but the sterility genes themselves are mitochondrial, not chloroplast or nuclear. Answer (1).

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