What is the endosymbiotic theory and how does it relate prokaryotes to eukaryotes?

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Answer:The endosymbiotic theory states that some of the organelles in eukaryotic cells were once prokaryotic microbes.

Mitochondria and chloroplasts have their own DNA which is circular, not linear

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