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Plastids

"Plastids" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Self-replicating cytoplasmic organelles of plant and algal cells that contain pigments and may synthesize and accumulate various substances. PLASTID GENOMES are used in phylogenetic studies.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Plastids" by people in this website by year, and whether "Plastids" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 15 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2017
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