Question

true or false: the dna found in chloroplast is encoded for within the genes of the adult plant

Answer 1

False. The DNA found in chloroplasts is distinct from the nuclear DNA of the plant. Chloroplasts have their own genome, which is inherited maternally in most plants and encodes some proteins necessary for chloroplast function. While some proteins needed by chloroplasts are encoded by nuclear genes and imported into the chloroplast, the chloroplast DNA itself does not come from the genes of the adult plant in the sense of being directly encoded by them.