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To determine: The kind of organism that became endosymbiotic in plants and thereby gave rise to an organelle called the chloroplast.
Introduction: The chloroplast is an organelle present in plant cells and in algae and is capable of producing energy through the process called photosynthesis. It is a process in which the sunlight energy is captured and utilized for converting H2O and CO2 into carbohydrates.
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The cyanobacteria, which are a photosynthetic bacterium, became endosymbiotic in plants and thereby gave rise to the chloroplast. The chloroplast, which is one of the plant organelles, has evolved from cyanobacteria through a process called primary endosymbiosis. It has been evolved when an early eukaryote engulfed a cyanobacterium.
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