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Parent topics

• Cell (biology) [r]: The basic unit of life, consisting of biochemical networks enclosed by a membrane. ^[e]
• Evolution of cells [r]: The birth of cells marked the passage from pre-biotic chemistry to partitioned units resembling modern cells. ^[e]
• Lynn Margulis [r]: (1938) An American biologist whose work on the origin of eukaryotic organelles led to general acceptance of the endosymbiotic theory; also a leading proponent of the Gaia hypothesis. ^[e]
• Konstantin Mereschkowski [r]: (1855-1921), A Russian biologist whose research on lichens led him to propose the theory of symbiogenesis - that larger, more complex cells evolved from the symbiotic relationship between less complex ones. ^[e]
• Ivan Wallin [r]: (1883-1969), An American biologist, the first to propose that chloroplasts and mitochondria originated as symbiotic bacteria. ^[e]

Subtopics

• Chloroplast [r]: The green organelles found in many higher plant cells and protists. Internal thylakoid membranes contain chlorophyll where photosynthesis takes place. ^[e]
• Cyanobacteria [r]: Add brief definition or description

• Mitochondrion [r]: Structure, function, life cycle and evolutionary theories involving the origins and role of the mitochondrion. ^[e]
• Rickettsiales [r]: Add brief definition or description

• Binary fission [r]: A form of asexual reproduction and cell division used by all prokaryotes and some organelles within eukaryotic organisms. ^[e]
• Ribosome [r]: A supramolecular structure in cells made from proteins and RNA; it is the machine that translates the genetic code and synthesizes amino acids into the correct protein sequence. ^[e]
• Phylogenetic [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Chlorophyll [r]: A green pigment found in most plants, algae, and cyanobacteria that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis. ^[e]
• Nucleomorph [r]: A reduced eukaryotic nuclei found in certain plastids from cryptomonads and chlorarachniophytes; evidence of the evolutionary origin of plastids by endosymbiosis. ^[e]
• Apicoplast [r]: A relict, non-photosynthetic plastid surrounded by four membranes, proposed to have evolved via secondary endosymbiosis; found in most Apicomplexa, including malaria parasites such as Plasmodium falciparum. ^[e]

Other related topics

• Organelle [r]: Specialized subunit within a cell that has a specific function, and is usually separately enclosed within its own lipid membrane, found in all eukaryotic cells. ^[e]
• Gene [r]: The functional unit of heredity. ^[e]
• DNA [r]: A macromolecule — chemically, a nucleic acid — that stores genetic information. ^[e]
• Horizontal gene transfer [r]: Transfer of genetic material to a being other than one of the donor's offspring. ^[e]

• Protist [r]: A unicellular organism grouped into the kingdom Protista that may have characteristics of plants and/or animals. ^[e]
• Bacteria [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Algae [r]: Add brief definition or description

• Symbiosis [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Endosymbiosis [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Endocytosis [r]: Add brief definition or description

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