Endosymbiotic theory

Layer 3 — Biologyin the Organelles And Protein Trafficking subtree

Mitochondria (from α-proteobacterium) and chloroplasts (from cyanobacterium) arose from engulfment of prokaryotic symbionts by proto-eukaryote. Evidence: double membranes, own DNA, 70S ribosomes.

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