cytoplasmon

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noun

the collective genetic material of a eukaryotic cell that is found in its cytoplasm, i.e. not contained in its nucleus, mitochondria, or plastids

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noun
  1. the collective genetic material of a eukaryotic cell that is found in its cytoplasm, i.e. not contained in its nucleus, mitochondria, or plastids

    Cytoplasmon: the total extranuclear genetic information of a eukaryotic cell, excluding that in the mitochondria and plastids.

    1988, Thomas Scott, Mary Eagleson, Concise encyclopedia of biochemistry, page 148
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    […] but different cytoplasms and plastids provided the possibility to distinguish between the influence of the plastome and the cytoplasmon on several traits.

    1963, S. J. Geerts, Genetics Today: Proceedings, page 619

    […] as opposed to those extrachromosomal hereditary determinants which are located outside the plastids and make up the cytoplasmon.

    2013, R. Rieger, A. Michaelis, M. M. Green, A Glossary of Genetics and Cytogenetics: Classical and Molecular
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