"Endosymbiosis" is a process where one unicellular organism engulfs another cell, which lives within and becomes an organelle, or the hypothesis that mitochondria and plastids were formerly prokaryotes living within larger cells.
La "endosymbiosis" es un proceso donde un organismo unicelular engulle a otro, que vive dentro y se convierte en un orgánulo, o la hipótesis de que mitocondrias y plastidios fueron procariotas que vivieron dentro de células más grandes.
| Front | endosymbiosis |
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| Back | A process in which a unicellular organism (the “host”) engulfs another cell, which lives within the host cell and ultimately becomes an organelle in the host cell; also refers to the hypothesis that mitochondria and plastids were formerly small prokaryotes that began living within larger cells. |
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