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The Evolution of Plastids

Chloroplast

Chloroplast

(a) This chloroplast cross-section illustrates its elaborate inner membrane organization. Stacks of thylakoid membranes compartmentalize photosynthetic enzymes and provide scaffolding for chloroplast DNA. (b) The chloroplasts can be seen as small green spheres.

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