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According to the endosymbiotic theory, which cellular process was involved in the evolution of mitochondria and chloroplasts?
symbiosis
phagocytosis
endosymbiosis
photosynthesis

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endosymbiosis

Explanation: The theory states that ancestral eukaryotic cells formed a symbiotic relationship by engulfing free-living prokaryotes (via phagocytosis), which became mitochondria and chloroplasts — a process called endosymbiosis.