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Tameka is looking at plant and animal cells under a microscope. She sees the different organelles that make up both cells. With the advances in DNA research, which organelles are shown to have evolved through endosymbiosis? Choose the two that apply.

A. chloroplast
B. nucleus
C. mitochondria
D. cell membrane

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A & C would be the 2 that apply. The endosymbiotic theory is essentially a theory that eukaryotic organisms (animals) engulfed a prokaryote (bacteria) and they lived symbiotically or in harmony by providing protection and advantageous metabolic properties.
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Answer: C

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