Self replicating organelles

[reising1]

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I'm trying to come up with an exhaustive list of self replicating organelles in a cell. Please add to this list or update it:

Chloroplast
Mitochondria
Peroxisome

Is nucleus considered self replicating? How about ribosomes?

 

[kilpty]

Ribosomes are not going to be considered an organelle... they are just proteins, no membranes involved. I would also say no to the nucleus. I can't think of any others.

 

[sakabato93]

Ribosomes are associations of proteins and rRNA. They are manufactured partially in the nucleolus, then secreted in the cytoplasm where manufacturing is completed. Nucleus is technically not self-replicating because it dissolves and then, in telophase of mitosis, reforms as two new nuclei in the daughter cells.