cpDNA See chloroplast DNA. Related Terms: Chloroplast DNA (ctDNA) The circular, superhelical double-strand DNA of the chloroplasts. The structure is two inverted repeats separating one small single copy and one large single copy.
Like mitochondria, chloroplasts have their own DNA, termed cpDNA. Chloroplasts of Green Algae (Protista) and Plants (descendants of some of the Green Algae) are thought to have originated by endosymbiosis of a prokaryotic alga similar to living ...
A biparental zygote is a Chlamydomonas zygote that contains chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) from both parents. [edit] See also Sexual reproduction Zygote intrafallopian transfer Twin Zygosity ...
See also: Chloroplast, Organ, DNA, Chloroplasts, Plant
 
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