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What observation led researchers to propose that chloroplasts evolved from cyanobacteria?

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the answer is D Both perform photosynthesis.

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Because they both perform photosynthesis and they are both autotrophs.

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Both chloroplasts and cyanobacteria perform photosynthesis. They also share many characteristics, including an inner and outer membrane, a nucleoid, thylakoids, lipid droplets and ribosomes. These similarities lead to the suggestion chloroplasts evolved from cyanobacteria.
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