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  2. Heteroplasmy - Wikipedia

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    Many cell divisions and a great deal of time are required for a cell to accumulate enough mutant mitochondria to cause symptoms. An example of this phenomenon is Leber optic atrophy . Generally, individuals with this condition do not experience vision difficulties until they have reached adulthood.

  3. Symbiogenesis - Wikipedia

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    Mitochondria are regarded as organelles rather than endosymbionts because mitochondria and the host cells share some parts of their genome, undergo division simultaneously, and provide each other with means to produce energy. [40] The endomembrane system and nuclear membrane were hypothesized to have derived from the protomitochondria. [41] [42 ...

  4. Plastid evolution - Wikipedia

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    The first plastid is highly accepted within the scientific community to be derived from the engulfment of cyanobacteria ancestor into a eukaryotic organism. [4] Evidence supporting this belief is found in many morphological similarities such as the presence of a two plasma membranes. It is thought that the first membrane belonged to the ...

  5. Extranuclear inheritance - Wikipedia

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    Mitochondria contain their own DNA. They are passed on by mothers to their children via the cytoplasm of the egg. Mitochondria are organelles which function to transform energy as a result of cellular respiration. Chloroplasts are organelles which function to produce sugars via photosynthesis in plants and algae.

  6. Archaeplastida - Wikipedia

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    The cells of the Archaeplastida typically lack centrioles and have mitochondria with flat cristae. They usually have a cell wall that contains cellulose, and food is stored in the form of starch. However, these characteristics are also shared with other eukaryotes.

  7. Transplastomic plant - Wikipedia

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    Stable gene expression of the introduced gene requires a "homoplasmic" population of transformed chloroplasts in the plant cells, where all the chloroplasts in the plant cell has successfully integrated the foreign genetic material. [5] Typically, homoplasmicity can be achieved and identified through multiple rounds of selection on antibiotics. [5]

  8. Plastid - Wikipedia

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    Plastid DNA exists as protein-DNA complexes associated as localized regions within the plastid's inner envelope membrane; and these complexes are called 'plastid nucleoids'. Unlike the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell, a plastid nucleoid is not surrounded by a nuclear membrane. The region of each nucleoid may contain more than 10 copies of the ...

  9. Proteinoplast - Wikipedia

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    Chloroplasts are photosynthesizing structures that help to make light energy for the plant. [4] Leucoplasts are a colorless type of plastid which means that no photosynthesis occurs here. [ 3 ] The colorless pigmentation of the leucoplast is due to not containing the structural components of thylakoids unlike what is found in chloroplasts and ...