Yes! It was something like that. It’s been a few years since I took that biology class but that sounds right.
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Aremel@lemmy.zip 2 days agoMitochondria have thier own DNA, and I think that is the reason for that theory.
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EtherWhack@lemmy.world 1 day ago
IIRC it’s because mitochondria have their DNA and keep it stored in a circular form similar to bacteria. I think also plants having chloroplasts, while animals have mitochondria adds more evidence, given that they are very similar structures.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_chromosome
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
note that plants have both mitochondria and chloroplasts, while animals have only mitochondria