What is believed to be the origin of both mitochondrial and chloroplast organelles?

What will be an ideal response?


Ans: Both organelles are believed to have originated by endosymbiotic event (an endosymbiont is an organism that lives within the cell of another organism, and usually both organisms derive a benefit) whereby a eukaryotic cell captured a bacterium (an ?-purple bacterium in the case of the mitochondrion).

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What role might clays have played in the formation of macromolecules before the evolution of cells?

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Organisms that get energy from the remains or products of organisms are ____________________. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)

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Unlike terrestrial plants, submerged aquatic plants lack

A) leaves. B) chlorophyll. C) stomata. D) stems.

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