Evidence for the endosymbiotic theory includes ____

a. RNA in prokaryotes, mitochondria, and chloroplasts arranged in a single, circular genome
b. endocytosed cells observed to survive in the cytoplasm of the host cell
c. endocytosed organelles observed to survive free in the environment
d. fossils of prokaryotic cells in the process of endocytosing cyanobacteria
e. rRNA sequences that are unique to prokaryotes, mitochondria, and chloroplasts


ANSWER: b

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