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Is chlorophyll pigment present in all the cells of a leaf or only in mesophyll cells ?

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Mesophyll cells are the specialized cells present within a leaf, below epidermal layer. These mesophyll cells contains chloroplast (where cholorophyll pigments are found) which are the actual sites of photosynthesis.

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