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HURRRRRYYYY!!! Evidence that supports the endosymbiotic theory includes which of the following? Eukaryotes are bigger than prokaryotes. Eukaryotes have mitochondria and chloroplasts with structures and functions similar to those of prokaryotes. Eukaryotes are multicellular while prokaryotes are unicellular.

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Eukaryotes have mitochondria and chloroplasts with structures and functions similar to those of prokaryotes.

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Eukaryotes have mitochondria and chloroplasts with structures and functions similar to those of prokaryotes.

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The endosymbiotic theory was created by an American biologist called Lynn Margulis. The theory proposes that eukaryotic cells are produced from a symbiotic relationship among prokaryotic cells. It describes how eukaryotic cells became so complex and it suggested that membrane bound organelles such as mitochondria and chloroplasts were once free-living prokaryotic cells that later started living within a bigger host cell. After a long time, the organelles and the prokaryotes evolved together and are dependent on each other.

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