Non-mendelian Inheritance

1. Chloroplast Inheritance 1.1. Early Cytological Observations of Chloroplast Inheritance 1.2. Chloroplast Inheritance in Isogamous Organisms 1.2.1. Unicellular Green Algae: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii 1.2.2. Discovery of Chloroplast DNA 1.2.3. Molecular Mechanism of Non-Mendelian Inheritance of cpDNA 1.2.4. Transformation of cpDNA 1.2.5. Active Digestion of mt– cpDNA Revealed in a Single Zygote by Using the Optical Tweezer in C.reinhardtii 1.2.6. Chloroplast Inheritance in Other Isogamous Algae 1.3. Chloroplast Inheritance in Anisogamous and Oogamous Organisms 1.3.1. Anisogamous and Oogamous Algae, and Ferns 1.3.2. Malarial Parasites: Plasmodium falciparum 1.4. Chloroplast Inheritance in Higher Plants 1.4.1. Angiosperms 1.4.2. Gymnosperms 2. Mitochondrial Inheritance 2.1. Early Genetic Analysis of Mitochondrial Inheritance 2.2. Discovery of Mitochondrial DNA 2.3 Mitochondrial Inheritance in Isogamous Organisms 2.3.1. Yeast-Sccharomyces cerevisiae 2.3.2. Unicellular Green Algae: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii 2.3.3. True Slime Mold: Physarum polycephalum 2.4. Mitochondrial Inheritance in Oogamous Organisms 2.4.1. Mammals 2.4.2. Humans 2.4.3. Higher Plants Glossary Bibliography Biographical Sketches