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Plastids are doubled membraned 'sac-like' organelles, generally involved in either the manufacture or storage of food. They include chloroplasts, chromoplasts and leucoplasts. All develop from proplastids: simple, generally colorless undifferentiated plastids.. Plastids are found in plants and some...
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Plastids are doubled membraned 'sac-like' organelles, generally involved in either the manufacture or storage of food. They include chloroplasts, chromoplasts and leucoplasts. All develop from proplastids: simple, generally colorless undifferentiated plastids.. Plastids are found in plants and some algae. They are necessary for essential life processes, like photosynthesis and food storage. Read this lesson to learn about major types of plastids and what they do to sustain life. read less
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plastids are the sites of manufacture and storage of important chemical compounds used by the cell.
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plastids are a major double-membrane organelle found among others, in the cells of plants and algae. Plastids are the site of manufacture and storage of important chemical compounds used by the cell.
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any of a class of small organelles, such as chloroplasts, in the cytoplasm of plant cells, containing pigment or food.
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It is present in plant used for photosynthesis
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An organelle found in the cells of plants, green algae, red algae, and certain other protests. Like mitochondria, plastids have an inner and outer membrane, and contain their own DNA and ribosomes. Some plastids, such as the chloroplasts in plant leaves, contain pigments.
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A double membrane bound organelle involved in the synthesis and storage of food, and is commonly found within the cells of photosynthetic organisms, like plants.
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Plastids are doubled membraned 'sac-like' organelles, generally involved in either the manufacture or storage of food. They include chloroplasts, chromoplasts and leucoplasts. All develop from proplastids: simple, generally colorless undifferentiated plastids. Plastids are found in plants and some algae....
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Plastids are doubled membraned 'sac-like' organelles, generally involved in either the manufacture or storage of food. They include chloroplasts, chromoplasts and leucoplasts. All develop from proplastids: simple, generally colorless undifferentiated plastids. Plastids are found in plants and some algae. They are necessary for essential life processes, like photosynthesis and food storage. read less
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