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Plastids  

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  • Self-replicating cytoplasmic organelles of plant and algal cells that contain pigments and may synthesize and accumulate various substances. PLASTID GENOMES are used in phylogenetic studies. Non-pigmented plastids. Plastids that store starch. Plastids containing carotenoid pigments.

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