Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Concept introduction: In the endosymbiont theory, it is believed that the organelles such as mitochondria and chloroplast arose within the eukaryotic cells. Examples of the endosymbiotic relationship include nitrogen- fixing bacteria that lives in root nodules on legume roots, single- cell algae inside the reef-building corals and the bacterial endosymbiont which provide essential nutrients to about 10-15% of the insects.

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