The enlargement may be related to the change of chloroplast shape which lead to the difficulty of chloroplasts appressing against to cell walls. However, what will be the reason when the shape dose not change. Do cytoplasm features and function of chloroplast relate to the change? Would you please tell me some underlying mechanisms related. It would be better if the correspongding references are attached. Thanks very much, best regards!
I have little knowledge of this subject, but would start by looking at some of the work by Gerald E Edwards for some clues, e.g.
SINGLE-CELL C4 PHOTOSYNTHESIS VERSUS THE DUAL-CELL (KRANZ) PARADIGM
Annual Review of Plant Biology
Vol. 55: 173-196 (Volume publication date June 2004)
I expect that there are many theories. It would be informative to experimentally test some of the hypotheses which are currently 'out there'!
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