Extranuclear inheritance occurs in : -

Extranuclear inheritance occurs in : -
A Killer Paramecium
B Killer Amoeba
C Euglena
D Hydra

Detailed Solution

In killer strains of Paramecium aurelia, the killer trait is due to kappa particles, which are present in the cytoplasm (they are symbiotic bacteria).
Kappa particles produce a toxin (paramecin) that kills sensitive strains. They are inherited through the cytoplasm, not through nuclear genes, though a nuclear gene K is needed to maintain them (studied by Sonneborn).
So extranuclear (cytoplasmic) inheritance occurs in killer Paramecium.

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