In these glowing rooms photons bump around, and the leaf captures their energy, turning it into the sugar from which plants, animals, and civilizations are built. Chloroplasts, fed by sun ...

organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls allow plants to have rigid structures as varied as wood trunks and supple leaves ...

The waxy cuticle surface on the outside protects the leaf and prevents excess water loss. The palisade cells at the upper side are packed with chloroplasts to maximise photosynthesis. On the lower ...

Chloroplasts in tobacco leaf tissues store the highest level of native proteins, making it ideal for accumulating large ...

Scientists found molecular evidence supporting the idea that chloroplasts originated as energy-generating organelles and only later evolved to support carbon assimilation in plant cells.

In terms of importance, cellular biologist Geoffrey McFadden wrote in a study published in Plant Physiology that "the origin of oxygenic photosynthesis must rank just after the origin of life itself." ...

But why is leaf color in Mirabilis determined by only ... In this cross, three out of 15 progeny showed biparental chloroplast inheritance, also known as heteroplasmy, while the remaining 12 ...