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The cells in a potato tuber do not have chloroplasts. How would you identify its cells as plant cells by observing them under a microscope?
Potatoes, or the portion of the potato plant we eat, are actually roots. As such, they aren't exposed to sunlight, and since chloroplasts require sunlight to convert energy, it makes sense that the potato cell doesn't have any. The green shoots that go above ground for the potato plant do have chloroplast.


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