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3. Extensions to Mendelian Inheritance - Part 2 of 2
3. Extensions to Mendelian Inheritance / Organelle DNA / Problem 12
Problem 12

According to the endosymbiotic theory, the ancient bacteria cells with chloroplasts were engulfed by larger primitive eukaryotic cells. This gave the eukaryotic host the ability to perform: