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What Is the Difference Between Grana and Granum?


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Grana: It is the stack or collection of disc-like structure present in the chloroplast.

Granum: It is the single disc-like disc-like structure present in the chloroplast.

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It is the stack or collection of disc-like structures present in the chloroplast. It the single disc-like structure present in the chloroplast, which is known as Thylakoid.
These are interconnected by stalk-like structures known as lamella.They are placed above one another like a stack of coins.
Grana is a plural term.Granum is a singular unit.

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