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  • Study offers insight into chloroplast evolution

    Dec 10, 2024 8:00 am by Diana YatesDiscovery
    Postdoctoral researcher Bidhan Chandra De and chemistry professor Angad Mehta in a lab. Photo by Fred Zwicky

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    • Postdoctoral researcher Bidhan Chandra De and chemistry professor Angad Mehta in a lab. Photo by Fred Zwicky

    Illinois chemistry researchers found evidence indicating that chloroplasts may have originated as energy-generating organelles and later evolved to support carbon assimilation in plant cells.