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according to the endosymbiotic theory, which cellular process was involved in the evolution of mitochondria and chloroplasts? symbiosis phagocytosis endosymbiosis photosynthesis
The endosymbiotic theory posits that mitochondria and chloroplasts were once free - living prokaryotes that were engulfed by a larger cell through phagocytosis. Over time, a symbiotic relationship developed. Endosymbiosis is the overall concept of the relationship that formed after phagocytosis. Photosynthesis is a process that occurs in chloroplasts but is not the cellular process involved in their origin.
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