Plastome
Encyclopedia
The plastome is the genetic
material that is found in plastid
s in plant cells (for example in the chloroplast
). It composes part of the entire genome
of photosynthetic organisms.
Genetics
Genetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms....
material that is found in plastid
Plastid
Plastids are major organelles found in the cells of plants and algae. Plastids are the site of manufacture and storage of important chemical compounds used by the cell...
s in plant cells (for example in the chloroplast
Chloroplast
Chloroplasts are organelles found in plant cells and other eukaryotic organisms that conduct photosynthesis. Chloroplasts capture light energy to conserve free energy in the form of ATP and reduce NADP to NADPH through a complex set of processes called photosynthesis.Chloroplasts are green...
). It composes part of the entire genome
Genome
In modern molecular biology and genetics, the genome is the entirety of an organism's hereditary information. It is encoded either in DNA or, for many types of virus, in RNA. The genome includes both the genes and the non-coding sequences of the DNA/RNA....
of photosynthetic organisms.