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The endosymbiotic theory provides an explanation for the origin of chloroplasts. Which trait of chloroplasts supports this explanation?
Chloroplasts do not reproduce.
Chloroplasts rely on proteins that are made by the cell.
Chloroplasts are larger than prokaryotic cells.
Chloroplasts have their own DNA.
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Chloroplasts have their own DNA.
This supports endosymbiotic theory because chloroplasts contain circular DNA and other features (bacterial-type ribosomes, double membranes, and binary fission-like reproduction) consistent with their origin from free-living prokaryotes.
This supports endosymbiotic theory because chloroplasts contain circular DNA and other features (bacterial-type ribosomes, double membranes, and binary fission-like reproduction) consistent with their origin from free-living prokaryotes.
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