
Cytoplasmic inheritance is of theoretical importance-it may be of even greater practical importance, for, when it involves malesterility-as in many instances it does-it may make hybridization easier. It may also make possible the use of heterosis in plants otherwise difficult to hybridize. The effect of the cytoplasm on the inheritance of male-sterility was speculated on before the rediscovery of Mendel's Laws:
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