Check the statements below that provide evidence for the endosymbiotic theory. The DNA in the nucleus and mitochondria are the same. Mitochondria and chloroplasts grow independently from the cell. Prokaryotic cells, mitochondria, and chloroplasts are all the same size. Mitochondria and chloroplasts contain their own ribosomes.

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Brian Richmond

Biology

9 May, 17:08

Check the statements below that provide evidence for the endosymbiotic theory. The DNA in the nucleus and mitochondria are the same. Mitochondria and chloroplasts grow independently from the cell. Prokaryotic cells, mitochondria, and chloroplasts are all the same size. Mitochondria and chloroplasts contain their own ribosomes.

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Misael Donovan · Answer 1

The DNA in the nucleus and mitochondria are the same.

This is not exactly true, although they are similar. This is not a correct option.

The following three are correct options:

Mitochondria and chloroplasts grow independently from the cell.

This is true, and supports the idea that they previously existed as their own organisms.

Prokaryotic cells, mitochondria, and chloroplasts are all the same size.

All three organisms/organelles are roughly the same size, which supports the idea that chloroplasts and mitochondria are descendants or prokaryotes.

Mitochondria and chloroplasts contain their own ribosomes. This is true as well.