Which of the following statements correctly describes the inheritance pattern of genes located within mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes in typical sexual eukaryotes?

A) They segregate according to Mendel's law of independent assortment during meiotic divisions.

B) They are transmitted exclusively through the male parent because sperm and pollen deliver the functional organelles.

C) They are partitioned equally into daughter cells through the action of the mitotic spindle fibers.

D) They exhibit uniparental inheritance, typically maternal, because the female gamete contributes nearly all the cytoplasm to the zygote.

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