If plant cells are grown on media containing radioactivelyl abeled thymine for one generation, where will radioactively labeled macromolecules be detected? A) only in the nucleus B) only in the nucleus and mitochondria C) only in the nucleus and chloroplasts D) in the nucleus, mitochondria, and chloroplast

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The right answer is D.

In plants, we find three types of DNA: genomic, mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA. Only DNA possess thymine in its composition.  So, the radiolabelled thymine indicates the presence of the DNA.

*The chloroplast is a plant organelle containing chlorophyll and DNA, the seat of photosynthesis.

*Mitochondria is a cellular cytoplasmic organelle that plays an essential role in respiratory and energetic phenomena, it contains enzymes as well as its DNA (mitochondrial).

*At the nucleus, we find genomic DNA.