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Diversity of RNA Components in Green Plant Tissues

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Gel electrophoresis of ribosomal RNA from green plant tissues provides evidence consistent with the suggestion that chloroplasts have evolved from symbiotic blue-green algae, while the plant cytoplasmic RNA is distinct from both the bacterial and mammalian.

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LOENING, U., INGLE, J. Diversity of RNA Components in Green Plant Tissues. Nature 215, 363–367 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215363a0

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