The findings not only deepen our understanding of chloroplast endosymbiosis—the process by which ancient bacteria became ...

Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, essential ...

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Molecular markers, such as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and microsatellites, have been used to study cacao genetics, yet chloroplast genome data remain scarce. Plastid genomes provide ...

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Plants also have some very specialised cells. Root hair cells don't have light absorbing chloroplast because they don't absorb light because they're underground. What they do have is a wide ...