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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Language: | English |
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Vienna :
Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
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Edition: | 1st ed. 2014. |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1303-5 |