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Are chloroplasts and mitochondria the remnants of prokaryotic endosymbionts?

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Many natural and synthetic compounds are used in studying the relationships between semiautonomous cellular organelles and nueleocytoplasm. These studies, together with analyses of the organelle macromolecules by methods of molecular biology, constitute a firm basis for adoption of the endosymbiotic origin of plastids and mitochondria.

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Ebringer, L., Krajčovič, J. Are chloroplasts and mitochondria the remnants of prokaryotic endosymbionts?. Folia Microbiol 31, 228–254 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02928005

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