The origin of mitochondria
- 1 September 1975
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Molecular Evolution
- Vol. 5 (3) , 167-176
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01741239
Abstract
The endosymbiont and episome theories about the origin of mitochondria are reviewed. Biochemical and genetic data, relevant to these theories are discussed. An alternative theory is also proposed; this theory is that nuclear and mitochondrial DNAs developed from compartmentalized duplicate prokaryote DNAs.Keywords
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