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Millan

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on: Jul 21, 2013
According to the endosymbiotic theory of the origin of eukaryotic cells, how did mitochondria originate?
A) from infoldings of the plasma membrane, coupled with mutations of genes for proteins in energy-transfer reactions
B) from engulfed, originally free-living proteobacteria
C) by secondary endosymbiosis
D) from the nuclear envelope folding outward and forming mitochondrial membranes
E) when a protoeukaryote engaged in a symbiotic relationship with a protocell


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Reply #1 on: Jul 21, 2013
Hi! I picked B and got it right, so... ;)


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Reply #2 on: Aug 6, 2013
Well this makes life easier, thanks a lot.


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