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Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells

Question 15 • 062mde1 SE ECAD Fall 2025 - Q2 - NM-Biology - S1

Which statement is evidence used to support the endosymbiotic theory?Mitochondria and chloroplasts contain their own DNA.Mitochondria and chloroplasts are surrounded by one membrane.Mitochondria and chloroplasts reproduce similar to eukaryotic cells: through mitosis.

Answer
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Mitochondria and chloroplasts contain their own DNA.
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Mitochondria and chloroplasts are surrounded by one membrane.
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Mitochondria and chloroplasts reproduce similar to eukaryotic cells: through mitosis.

Explanation

Mitochondria and chloroplasts contain their own DNA, which supports the idea that they originated as free-living bacteria that were taken in by ancestral cells. They also reproduce by a process similar to bacterial cell division, not by mitosis. The statement that they are surrounded by one membrane is incorrect; they have two membranes.

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