studying molecular biology plant cells chloroplast ideally organisms small genomes well known completely sequenced small stature short generation times corn used study mechanisms photosynthesis phloem loading sugar plants single celled green alga ''chlamydomonas reinhardtii'' embryophyte contains green pigmented chloroplast related land plants making useful study red alga ''cyanidioschyzon merolae'' also used study basic chloroplast functions spinach peas soybeans moss ''physcomitrella patens'' commonly used
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