Browsing by Subject "endosymbiosis"
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The anatomical and phylogenetic nature of the first mitochondrial ancestor
(2020-01-21)Mitochondria are cell organelles that evolved by endosymbiosis. Even though the nature of the last mitochondrial common ancestor is well constrained, little is known about the nature of the first mitochondrial common ... -
Endosymbiotic Gene Transfer in the Nucleomorph containing organisms Bigelowiella natans and Guillardia theta
(2012-12-12)Mitochondria and chloroplasts are eukaryotic organelles that were acquired through endosymbiosis. In the case of the mitochondrion, a heterotrophic cell engulfed and retained an alpha-proteobacterium. The engulfed bacterium, ...