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- adjective Of or pertaining to
endosymbiosis . - adjective That lives within a body or
cells of another organism. Forming anendosymbiosis .
Etymologies
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Examples
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What's interesting about this study is that it challenges a widely held hypothesis that Eucarya arose out of the fusion of a bacterium with an archaeon (also known as the endosymbiotic origin of the nucleus, not to be confused with the endosymbiotic origin of mitochondria and chloroplasts).
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"We figure it's some kind of endosymbiotic infection."
Starfish 1999
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Someone like, Lynn Margulis, a distinguished member of the National Academy of Science and one of the early developers of the endosymbiotic theory for the evolution of eukaryotic cells.
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Then, following the endosymbiotic origin of eukaryotes, it remained unicelluar for another half billion years.
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Should we dismiss her work on the endosymbiotic theory because of her other views?
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When we do try to envision a mechanistic scenario based on the endosymbiotic theory, we quickly run into problems.
A critique on the endosymbiotic theory for the origin of mitochondria 2007
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There are alternative explanations for the origin of mitochondria that can compete with the endosymbiotic theory and that are in line with the phylogenetic data.
A critique on the endosymbiotic theory for the origin of mitochondria 2007
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The extensive gene transfer that is needed in the endosymbiotic theory would wreak havoc in a complex genome since frequent insertion of random pieces of mitochondrial DNA would disrupt existing functions.
A critique on the endosymbiotic theory for the origin of mitochondria 2007
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Margulis is best known for endosymbiotic theory (which proposes that mitochondria in animal cells and chloroplasts in plant cells are derived from bacteria that were engulfed and formed a symbiotic relationship with other cells) and the Gaia hypothesis.
Archive 2007-05-01 Peggy 2007
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The extensive gene transfer that is needed in the endosymbiotic theory would wreak havoc in a complex genome since frequent insertion of random pieces of mitochondrial DNA would disrupt existing functions.
A critique on the endosymbiotic theory for the origin of mitochondria 2007
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