The endosymbiotic theory provides an explanation for the origin of chloroplasts. Which trait of chloroplasts supports this explanation?

Chloroplasts have their own DNA, which supports the idea that they originated as independent prokaryotic cells that were engulfed by an ancestral cell. Their retained DNA is evidence of this separate evolutionary origin. Chloroplasts can reproduce by dividing, so the claim that they do not reproduce is not correct.

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