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  • noun Plural form of chlorophyte.

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Examples

  • Using this basic life cycle, many refinements that evolved among the chlorophytes have been identified.

    Mutation, selection and complexity - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • Both GSIIB and GSIIE were found in chlorophytes and early-diverging streptophytes.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • While older, Archean fossil remains are presumed to be colonies of single-celled blue-green bacteria, younger (that is, Proterozoic) fossils may be primordial forms of the eukaryote chlorophytes (that is, green algae).

    WN.com - Financial News 2010

  • While older, Archean fossil remains are presumed to be colonies of single-celled blue-green bacteria, younger (that is, Proterozoic) fossils may be primordial forms of the eukaryote chlorophytes (that is, green algae).

    WN.com - Financial News 2010

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