Biologists think that endosymbiosis gave rise to mitochondriabefore plastids partly because(A) the products of photosynthesis could not be metabolizedwithout mitochondrial enzymes.(B) all eukaryotes have mitochondria (or their remnants),whereas many eukaryotes do not have plastids.(C) mitochondrial DNA is less similar to prokaryotic DNA thanis plastid DNA.(D) without mitochondrial CO2 production, photosynthesiscould not occur.

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Biologists think that endosymbiosis gave rise to mitochondria
before plastids partly because
(A) the products of photosynthesis could not be metabolized
without mitochondrial enzymes.
(B) all eukaryotes have mitochondria (or their remnants),
whereas many eukaryotes do not have plastids.
(C) mitochondrial DNA is less similar to prokaryotic DNA than
is plastid DNA.
(D) without mitochondrial CO2 production, photosynthesis
could not occur.

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