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Plastids are autonomous cell organelles inside a plant cell.


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True

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False

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Autonomous organelle:

  1. Autonomous cell organelles are those which have their own genetic material and protein synthesis machinery.
  2. Due to the presence of DNA and ribosomes plastids are called as an autonomous organelle.
  3. Plastids have their own double stranded circular DNA and 70S type of ribososmes.

Final answer: The given statement is true.


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