Friday, 27 December 2019

molecular biology - Evolution of endosymbionts?


Mitochondria and plastids in eukaryotes evolved through a process of endosymbiosis. How does an event like a eukaryote engulfing a bacteria, become a part of the genome? Some of these primitive eukaryotes could have been more predisposed to more vigorous endocytosis as a result of their DNA, but how could the physical event account for evolution of organelles?




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