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Are the different types of plastids interchangeable? If yes, give examples where they are getting converted from one type to another.

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Yes, the different types of plastids are interchangeable e.g.
(i) Chromoplasts are formed from green-coloured chloroplasts by replacement of chlorophyll by red-coloured lycopine in tomatoes and capsanthin in red pepper.
(ii) In root cells of carrot, red-coloured chromoplasts are formed from the colourless leucoplasts by development of red-coloured carotenes.
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