| 1. | In this sense, chloroplasts are a specific type of chromoplast.
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| 2. | The DNA in chloroplasts and chromoplasts is identical.
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| 3. | The ancestors of plastids diversified into a variety of plastid types, including chromoplasts.
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| 4. | Carotenoid biosynthesis occurs in both chromoplasts and chloroplasts.
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| 5. | The bright colors often produced by chromoplasts is one of many ways to achieve this.
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| 6. | In one study, it was found that chromoplasts are still present in white flowers.
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| 7. | Still, " chromoplast " is more often used to denote plastids with pigments other than chlorophyll.
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| 8. | Chromoplasts synthesize and store pigments such as orange carotene, yellow xanthophylls, and various other red pigments.
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| 9. | In such cases there are plastids present within the petals that closely resemble chromoplasts and are sometimes visually indistinguishable.
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| 10. | The main evolutionary purpose of chromoplasts is to attract animals and insects to pollinate their flowers and disperse their seeds.
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