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Q. In higher plants, the shape of the chloroplast is

Delhi UMET/DPMTDelhi UMET/DPMT 2009Cell : The Unit of Life

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Chloroplasts are the green plastids which take part in photosynthesis and temporary or permanent storage of starch. These are discoid (disc-shaped) in higher plants with diameter of $4-6 \, \mu \,m $ and thickness of $2-4. \, \mu m $ .