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Question 3 • Biology

Which structure will form when a primitive cell engulfs an aerobic bacterium?

Answer
A
cell membrane
B
nucleus
C
mitochondria
D
chloroplast

Explanation

According to the endosymbiotic theory, an aerobic bacterium engulfed by an early cell eventually became a mitochondrion. Chloroplasts arose from photosynthetic bacteria, while the nucleus and cell membrane did not form this way.

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