How did endosymbiosis change life on earth?
1 Answer
Dec 23, 2016
The theory of endosymbiosis speculates that a large prokaryotic cell allowed smaller prokaryotic cells to inhabit inside, creating more efficient eukaryotic cells.
Explanation:
Eukaryotic cells possess membrane bound organelles, some of which are double membrane bound, e.g. mitochondria and plastids. Such organelles also contain prokaryotic type ribosomes and circular DNA.
Endosymbiosis is an attractive theory because it explains how life on earth could have progressed by natural selection.
