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Mitochondria

In Our Time: Science

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The Endosymbiotic Theory of the DNA Mitochondria

The endosymbiotic theory is a theory that states that this partnership started. The only timeline I've got of them is a mere two billion years ago. And through billions of years, genes started being lost in the mitochondria and being brought into the nucleus. So each of us is walking around with a massive industry inside of us. That's correct. Pumping away exactly.

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