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Name one colourless plastid.


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Plastid:

  1. Plastids are membrane-bound organelles that aid in the storage and production of numerous chemical substances in eukaryotes.
  2. It's mostly found in plant cells and protists, and it comes in three different colours and functions.
  3. The leucoplast is a group of colourless plastids whose primary function is food storage.
  4. Leucoplast is classified into three types based on what it is stores: amyloplasts, elaioplasts, and aleuroplasts.
  5. Amyloplasts store starch as simple or complicated starch grains, elaioplasts store lipids, and aleuroplasts protein as amorphous and crystalloids.

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