Self replicating organelles

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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?
 
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.
 
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.
 
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