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The 48 pages that link to Chloroplast, each with the reason it gives.

• PhotosynthesisBroader topic: Its thylakoid membranes and stroma house the major stages of photosynthesis.

• Endosymbiotic theoryBroader topic: Chloroplasts trace to photosynthetic bacteria incorporated into eukaryotic ancestors.

• LeafRelated: Chloroplasts make leaf tissues the principal sites of photosynthesis.

• CyanobacteriaBroader topic: Its bacterial ancestry links oxygen-producing photosynthesis in eukaryotes to cyanobacteria.

• SymbiosisBroader topic: Its origin records the incorporation of a photosynthetic partner into a cell.

• Calvin cycleNarrower topic: The cycle occurs in the chloroplast stroma, alongside the thylakoid-based light reactions.

• DiatomRelated: Diatom chloroplasts power photosynthesis, often with a golden-brown pigment signature.

• ATP synthaseRelated: Its thylakoid membrane contains ATP synthase powered by light-generated protons.

• OrganelleBroader topic: Chloroplasts specialize in photosynthesis within plant and algal cells.

• ArchaeplastidaBroader topic: It is the best-known photosynthetic form of the plastid inherited across much of the clade.

• Red algaeNarrower topic: Red algae perform photosynthesis in chloroplasts descended from an ancient primary endosymbiosis.

• ChemiosmosisBroader topic: Its thylakoid membrane uses a proton gradient to drive ATP synthesis.

• Green algaeNarrower topic: Green algae perform photosynthesis inside chloroplasts inherited from an ancient endosymbiotic event.

• Lynn MargulisBroader topic: Margulis argued that chloroplasts descend from photosynthetic bacteria incorporated by ancestral cells.

• Plant cellBroader topic: Chloroplasts let many plant cells make sugars from light, carbon dioxide, and water.

• Primary endosymbiosisBroader topic: Chloroplasts are familiar examples of plastids ultimately derived from primary endosymbiosis.

• Oxygenic photosynthesisBroader topic: It houses the photosynthetic machinery in plants and many algae.

• C3 carbon fixationNarrower topic: C3 fixation takes place in the chloroplast stroma.

• PlastidBroader topic: Chloroplasts are the best-known plastids, converting light energy into chemical energy.

• Chlorophyll aBroader topic: Its thylakoid membranes organize chlorophyll a into photosystems.

• PhotobiontRelated: Green-algal photobionts carry out photosynthesis in chloroplasts.

• PhotorespirationNarrower topic: The pathway begins there, although its reactions also involve peroxisomes and mitochondria.

• PeroxisomeCompared with: Chloroplasts and peroxisomes cooperate in photorespiration but perform different reactions.

• PlantRelated: Chloroplasts house the light-capturing machinery in most plants.

• AlgaeRelated: Chloroplasts power photosynthesis in many algal lineages, though their origins differ.

• LuteinRelated: Lutein is concentrated in chloroplast membranes, especially in photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes.

• Cell nucleusCompared with: It is another DNA-containing organelle, but its genome is separate from nuclear DNA.

• EuglenidRelated: Photosynthetic euglenids use chloroplasts to capture light energy.

• Endomembrane systemCompared with: Its membranes form an organelle system distinct from endomembrane trafficking.

• ThylakoidNarrower topic: Thylakoids are internal compartments within chloroplasts.

• ChlorophytaNarrower topic: Chlorophyta’s defining photosynthesis occurs in chloroplasts inherited from an ancient primary endosymbiosis.

• EuglenaRelated: In photosynthetic Euglena, chloroplasts perform light-driven carbon fixation.

• HaptophyteRelated: Photosynthetic haptophytes use chloroplasts to fix carbon using light.

• ChlamydomonasRelated: Its large chloroplast carries out photosynthesis and gives the cell much of its green color.

• SymbiogenesisBroader topic: Chloroplasts arose when ancestral eukaryotes integrated photosynthetic cyanobacteria.

• CharophytaRelated: Charophytes capture light energy in chloroplasts shared across green plants.

• Mesophyll cellsRelated: Mesophyll cells contain chloroplasts, which convert captured light energy into chemical energy.

• Peter D. MitchellRelated: Thylakoid membranes use proton gradients in a process that parallels mitochondrial chemiosmosis.

• Plastid DNABroader topic: Chloroplasts are the best-known plastids whose genomes are studied.

• SpirogyraBroader topic: Spirogyra’s conspicuous spiral bands are chloroplasts inside each filament cell.

• CryptomonadNarrower topic: In photosynthetic cryptomonads, this organelle powers carbon fixation.

• DesmidialesRelated: Desmid chloroplasts capture light and can contribute to the distinctive appearance of their cells.

• Extranuclear inheritanceRelated: Chloroplast DNA can determine traits and follow cytoplasmic transmission.

• Ground tissueRelated: Chloroplasts in leaf ground tissue enable photosynthesis.

• MitochondriaCompared with: Both organelles have bacterial ancestry, but chloroplasts capture light rather than oxidize fuel.

• PlantBroader topic: Chloroplasts carry out the light-driven reactions that support plant growth.

• Plant metabolismRelated: Its internal membranes and stroma host key energy-capturing and carbon-fixing reactions.

• Yellow-green algaeRelated: Chloroplasts house the pigments and machinery used by these algae.