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Yes. They are thought to be bacteria that were captured by a plant cell early in the evolution of plants and they still contain some of their own DNA. Most of the genes that the chloroplast uses is now coded for by the plants nuclear DNA.

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13y ago

no. they are part of a cell and do not have a DNA of their own. (my daughter just finished 4th grade and this was one of the things she taught me)

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8y ago

Yes they have them. There are DNAs and pigments.

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7y ago

Yes,both of them have own DNA. They have circular DNA like bacteria.

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