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A Gibor

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |January 20, 1967
    PubMed
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    Some chloroplasts in Nitella cells appear normal but do not process carbon dioxide. This suggests a developmental stage rather than a genetic mutation, impacting photosynthesis in these organelles.

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