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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.Mesh:
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Year: 1975 PMID: 1099218 DOI: 10.1007/bf01741239
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Mol Evol ISSN: 0022-2844 Impact factor: 2.395