TR3.5

Endosymbiotic Theory

Houjun Liu 2021-09-27 Mon 12:00

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1 Endosymbiotic Theory

Endosymbiotic theory states that organelles within our current eukaryotic cells — the mitochondria and chloroplasts — are originally prokaryotic cells in their own right. This is because they divide independently through binary fission, and also contains circular DNA that is independent of the main cell itself.