Plastids are core components of photosynthesis in plants and algae. Scientists are currently debating the events leading to the appearance of plastids in eukaryotic cells. Where did plastids ...

The new findings imply that chloroplasts once shared their primary function of supplying energy to the larger cell because the plastids of glaucophytes and red algae seem to resemble a more ...

Because the plastids of red algae and glaucophytes appear ... the new findings suggest that chloroplasts once shared their primary function of providing energy to the larger cell.