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In the plants, due to mutation in the mitochondrial genome causing cytoplasmic male sterility can be influenced by the nuclear gene (Rf),  which is dominant over the cytoplasmic mitochondrial genome. If a male sterile plant  is pollinated by the fertile male plant with homozygous (Rf)condition, the progeny obtained in F1 will have

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology
  1. All fertile progeny will be formed
  2. 50% of the progeny will be fertile and 50% progeny will be sterile, but pollinated with the fertile plants
  3. All sterile progeny will be formed but pollinated with the fertile plants
  4. 50% of the progeny will be fertile and 50% progeny will be sterile, but pollinated with the non-fertile plants