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FROM the point of view of cell physiology we can distinguish two distinct levels of gene action. One level is that at which the synthesis of macromolecules is controlled. The second level is that of the organization of macromolecules into physiological units. In differentiated cells it seems probable that the synthesis of macromolecules is normally under rather direct control of Mendelian (chromosome) genes, whereas their organization into functional units is often largely controlled by cytoplasmic inheritance (for reviews, see Lwoff1, Ephrussi2, Michaelis3 and Danielli, Lorch, Ord and Wilson4).
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Lwoff, A., “Problems of Morphogenesis in Ciliates” (Wiley, New York, 1954).
Ephrussi, B., “Nucleo-cytoplasmic Relations in Micro-organisms” (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1953).
Michaelis, P., “Adv. Genet.”, 6, 288 (1954).
Danielli, J. F., Lorch, I. J., Ord, M., and Wilson, E., Nature, 176, 1114 (1955).
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DANIELLI, J. Cytoplasmic Inheritance. Nature 178, 214–215 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178214b0
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