Endosymbiosis

The origin of energy-conserving organelles, the mitochondria of all aerobic eukaryotes and the plastids of plants and algae, is commonly thought to be the result of endosymbiosis, where a  primitive eukaryote engulfed a respiring α-proteobacterium or a phototrophic cyanobacterium, respectively. Whil...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Löffelhardt, Wolfgang. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1303-5