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Science 20 January 1967:
Vol. 155. no. 3760, pp. 327 - 329
DOI: 10.1126/science.155.3760.327
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Phenotypic Variations among Chloroplasts of a Single Cell

Aharon Gibor 1

1 Department of Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara 93106

Some normal-looking chloroplasts of a Nitella cell do not incorporate carbon dioxide into substances insoluble in cold acid. The distribution of such chloroplasts among the rows of normal organelles indicates that the defect is not due to a genetic mutation but probably represents a physiological stage in the development of the organelles.

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