Sentences with phrase «through endosymbiosis»

In general, they are considered to have originated from cyanobacteria through endosymbiosis.

Other eukaryotic organelles may have also evolved through endosymbiosis; it has been proposed that cilia, flagella, centrioles, and microtubules may have originated from a symbiosis between a Spirochaete bacterium and an early eukaryotic cell, but this is not yet broadly accepted among biologists.

First, some microbes developed a nucleus using cellular membranes to contain their DNA («eukaryotes»), perhaps through endosymbiosis.

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This endosymbiosis, or symbiotic merging of two cells, enabled the evolution of a highly stable and successful organisms with the capacity to use energy from sunlight through photosynthesis.

Instead, some eukaryotes have obtained them from others through secondary endosymbiosis or ingestion.