Pregunta:
Explain the endosymbiotic theory
Autor: Rebeca Lorena Arce FonsecaRespuesta:
It is thought that it happened at least two times. The first time, an anaerobic organism took in an aerobic bacterium. The smaller, aerobic cell existed inside a vesicle in the cytoplasm of the larger cell, and reproduced at the same rate. Eventually, the bacterium turned into mitochondria and the larger cell into a heterotrophic eukaryote (animal). Then the second time, a heterotrophic cell took in a photosynthetic bacterium, and eventually the bacterium turned into chloroplasts and the larger cell into an autotrophic plant. Chloroplasts and mitochondria are very alike prokaryotes; both have 70s ribosomes to synthesize their own proteins, they reproduce like cells, they have naked circular DNA, and a double membrane which is what you would expect when a cell is taken in as a vesicle
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