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What theory is the most likely explanation for the development of eukaryotic organisms from prokaryotic organisms?Horizontal gene transfer theoryEndosymbiotic theoryOparin-Haldane hypothesisMiller-Urey theory

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The correct option is the second one, Endosymbiotic theory. This theory, posits that a bigger prokaryote ate a smaller one, which eventually lost its independence an become an organelle, giving rise to the first eukaryote.

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