Question

What is common between chloroplasts, chromoplasts, and leucoplasts?

• A. Storage of starch, proteins and lipids
• B. Possession of thylakoids and grana
• C. Presence of pigments
• D. Ability to multiply by a fission-like process

Answer 1

The correct option is D Ability to multiply by a fission-like process

Chloroplasts, chromoplasts and leucoplasts

Chloroplasts contain green pigment, chlorophyll. Chromoplasts contain brightly-colored pigments but leucoplasts don't have any pigment.

Leucoplasts are storage plastids and store starch, proteins and lipids. They are of different types depending on the storage molecules.

All plastids are believed to have been evolved from prokaryotes. Hence, they divide by fission. Thus this is a common factor in all the three plastids.