27. Are chloroplasts "inside" or "outside" the cell in the sense
mentioned previously for mitochondria? What symbiotic origin has
been suggested for chloroplasts?
28. What are lysosomes? What types of biochemical reactions
occur within them?
29. What are peroxisomes? What very ancient enzyme do they
carry? What is the present function of this enzyme? In what sense
might the ancestors of peroxisomes have been made obsolete by mitochondria?
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