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- noun Plural form of
chloroplast .
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Examples
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The same enzyme exists in chloroplasts and bacteria.
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It appears that originally free-living green bacteria were hijacked into plant cells, where they eventually evolved into what we now call chloroplasts.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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It appears that originally free-living green bacteria were hijacked into plant cells, where they eventually evolved into what we now call chloroplasts.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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This action all takes place inside tiny capsules called chloroplasts that reside inside every plant cell - and which is where photosynthesis happens.
Energy News - Energy Technology - Energy Business - Energy and the Environment 2010
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There's the familiar system of organelles called chloroplasts that turn sunlight into fuel via photosynthesis.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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This action all takes place inside tiny capsules called chloroplasts that reside inside every plant cell - and which is where photosynthesis happens.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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There's the familiar system of organelles called chloroplasts that turn sunlight into fuel via photosynthesis.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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This action all takes place inside tiny capsules called chloroplasts that reside inside every plant cell - and which is where photosynthesis happens.
innovations-report 2010
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This action all takes place inside tiny capsules called chloroplasts that reside inside every plant cell - and which is where photosynthesis happens.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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A second important development has also taken place, with much less media coverage: the genetic engineering of cell organelles, such as chloroplasts and mitochondria.
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