Organellar DNA

Organellar DNA

It is a DNA contained in organelles, outside the nucleus of Eukaryotic cells .

Examples

Structure

Unlike nuclear DNA, which is present as linear molecules inside the chromosomes, organellar DNA is present as circular molecules of high copy number.

Also, because organelles are uniparentally inherited in many organisms, so is their organellar DNA.

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