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Until now it has been assumed that the female descendants of a mating transmit all the nonchromosomal genes, but Dr. Sager thinks that male descendants occasionally transmit a few.

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Further experiments may link nonchromosomal genes with the inherited characteristics of many species.

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When reproductive cells mate and divide, the nonchromosomal genes are portioned out by rules that seem to differ from the Mendelian laws governing the chromosome genes.

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