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Extranuclear inheritance occurs in

(a) killer strain in Paramecium

(b) colour blindness

(c) phenylketonuria

(d) Tay Sachs disease

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Correct option (a) killer strain in Paramecium

Explanation:

Paramecium exhibits cytoplasmic inheritance due to the presence of Kappa particles (self-replicating bodies that produce the toxin called paramecin). Besides binary fission and conjugation, other reproductive processes that occur in Paramecium are autogamy, endomixis and cleistogamy. 

Tay Sachs disease It is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder. 

Colour blindness It is X-chromosome related disease. So, it is a sex-]rnked disease. 

PKU autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterised by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the gene.

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