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Chapter 8, Problem 11TYU
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Whether the DNA sequence of ribosomal RNA gene of chloroplast will be same as the one in the plant nucleus or as that of a photosynthetic bacterium and what does it say about the evolution of photosynthesis.

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The endosymbiotic theory says that the eukaryotes evolved from prokaryotes. The eukaryotic plant organelle, chloroplast was originally a photosynthetic prokaryote that was engulfed by another organism.

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