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The origin of mitochondria.

Journal of molecular evolution ·Vol. 5 ·No. 3 ·1975-08-05 ·Pages 167-76

Reijnders L

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 Terms
Bacteria/ultrastructure Biological Evolution Cell Nucleus/metabolism DNA/metabolism DNA, Mitochondrial/metabolism Genes Mitochondria/metabolism Models, Biological Plasmids Symbiosis
Chemicals
DNA, Mitochondrial DNA
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Reijnders L
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of molecular evolution
Abbr.
J Mol Evol
ISSN
0022-2844
DOI
10.1007/BF01741239
Published
1975-08-05
Pages
167-76
Language
English
Region
Germany
NLM ID
0360051
Subset
IM
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF01741239 View journal details
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