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Some additional proof of the endosymbiotic theory includes the similarity in ____________ between bacteria and mitochondria and cyanobacteria and chloroplasts.

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-Some additional proof of the endosymbiotic theory includes the similarity in DNA between bacteria and mitochondria and cyanobacteria and chloroplasts.

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-According to the endosymbiotic theory; mitochondria and chloroplasts contain their own circular DNA, similar to DNA in Bacteria, Both mitochondria and chloroplasts are surrounded by two membranes: inner and outer membrane, mitochondria are about the same size as bacteria and also mitochondria appear to have been derived from purple bacteria and chloroplasts derived from photosynthetic bacteria.

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