You mate a male from a true-breeding strain of dwarf mice to a female from a...

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You mate a male from a true-breeding strain of dwarf mice to afemale from a true-breeding normal-sized strain. The F1 mice areall normal in size. What would the phenotypes of the F1 and F2 micebe in the reciprocal of the above cross if the dwarf character iscaused by a mitochondrial genome defect?

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In maternal effect also referred to as maternal influence phenotype of the progeny for particular trait is under the control of mitochondrial DNA contributed by the egg Unlike nuclear DNA which is contributed by both the parents to the    See Answer
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