cytoplasmon

English

Noun

cytoplasmon

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

     […] but different cytoplasms and plastids provided the possibility to distinguish between the influence of the plastome and the cytoplasmon on several traits.

   • 1988, Thomas Scott, Mary Eagleson, Concise encyclopedia of biochemistry, page 148:

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

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

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

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• monocalypts