Sentences with phrase «supporting endosymbiosis»

That fact that mitochondria have their own DNA, RNA, and ribosomes, supports the endosymbiosis theory, as does the existence of the amoeba, a eukaryotic organism that lacks mitochondria and therefore requires a symbiotic relationship with an aerobic bacterium.

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Jim Lake, a molecular biologist at the University of California at Los Angeles interprets Gupta's finding as support for a more traditional endosymbiosis between the two organisms.