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Endosymbiosis and the Evolution of Eukaryotes
Chloroplasts in plants
A eukaryote with mitochondria engulfed a cyanobacterium in an event of serial primary endosymbiosis, creating a lineage of cells with both organelles. These cyanobacteria have become chloroplasts in modern plant cells. The cyanobacterial endosymbiont already had a double membrane.
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