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The endosymbiotic theory explains which of the following?a. the origins of the first prokaryotic cellb. the formation of the plasma membranec. why DNA is the genetic material in all cellsd. how eukaryotic cells evolved from prokaryotic cells
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The endosymbiotic theory is a theory that explains how eukaryotic cells evolved from prokaryotic cells. According to this theory, a prokaryotic cell was engulfed by another cell, and instead of being digested, it became a symbiote. Show more…
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The endosymbiotic theory explains the: a. origin of the first prokaryotic cells. b. origins of mitochondria and chloroplasts in eukaryotes. c. evolutionary relationship between animals, plants, and fungi. d. method of reproduction in protists.
According to the endosymbiotic theory of the origin of eukaryotic cells, how did mitochondria originate? a) when a protoeukaryote engaged in a symbiotic relationship with a protocell b) from infoldings of the plasma membrane, coupled with mutations of genes for proteins in energy-transfer reactions c) from the nuclear envelope folding outward and forming mitochondrial membranes d) by secondary endosymbiosis e) from engulfed, originally free-living proteobacteria
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