Question

Mitochondria and chloroplasts, organelles inside of eukaryotic cells, have their own membranes and genetic material. This is evidence of

A. abiogenesis.
B. horizontal gene transfer.
C. coevolution.
D. the endosymbiotic theory.

Answer 1

D. Endosymbiotic theory.

It’s the theory that bacteria capable of combustion (mitochondrion) and photosynthesis (plastid) entered the ancestral eukaryote (for whatever reason) and was able to provide new functions for it

Answer 2

Answer:

D.

Explanation:

The endosymbiotic theory.