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Title: What has happened to most of the genes from the Rickettsia-like ancestor of modern mitochondria?
Post by: mlee52381 on Oct 23, 2022

What has happened to most of the genes from the Rickettsia-like ancestor of modern mitochondria?



▸ They have been deleted from the cell.

▸ The have been transferred to the nuclear chromosomes.

▸ They have been transferred to the chloroplast genome.

▸ They remain in the mitochondrial genome.

▸ They have been transferred to other bacterial species.


Title: What has happened to most of the genes from the Rickettsia-like ancestor of modern mitochondria?
Post by: kidace on Oct 23, 2022
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