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Could a chloroplast live on its own?

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The short answer is NO. You are right about chloroplast being a descendent of cyanobacteria. But this cyanobacteria was engulfed by the primitive plant cell in a process known as Endosymbiosis. read more

So, over millions of years, chloroplast has slowly transferred parts of its genome to the plant nucleus and at present retains only about 3% of the genes that it would require to live independent of the plant cell. read more

I'm also aware of the theory of endosymbiosis, and how mitochondria share many features with an early prokaryote cell. read more

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