Non-Nuclear Inheritance: Chloroplasts
What can leaf color patterns reveal about plant genetics and evolution? In this scrollable interactive, we’ll explore the hidden world of chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) to discover how it shapes plant traits, traces ancestral lineages, and plays a surprising role in inheritance.
Topics
- AP
- AP Biology
- AP Bio
- next generation science standards
- NGSS
- chloroplast
- chloroplast inheritance
- chloroplast DNA
- cpDNA
- maternal inheritance
- maternal lineage
- maternal ancestor
- variegated leaves
- variegation
- chloroplast genes
- photosynthesis
- ovum
- pollen
- pollen grain
- pollen transfer
- plant evolution
- silversword alliance
- plant breeder
- plant conservationist
- crop yields