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How do chloroplasts usually align themselves in mesophyll cells?

Options

  1. AAlong the walls of the cells
  2. BIn the center of the cells
  3. CNear the nucleus
  4. DAt the bottom of the cells

Correct answer

A. Along the walls of the cells

Step-by-step solution

The mesophyll cells in the leaves have a large number of chloroplasts. Usually the chloroplasts align themselves along the walls of the mesophyll cells , such that they get the optimum quantity of the incident light. Within the chloroplast there is membranous system consisting of grana, the stroma lamellae, and the matrix stroma (Figure 11.2). There is a clear division of labour within the chloroplast. The membrane system is responsible for trapping the light energy and also for the synthesis of ATP and NADPH. In s

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