BIO 115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Red Algae, Molecular Clock, Gram-Negative Bacteria

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What is contribution of endosymbiosis to eukaryotic diversity. Endosymbiosis- very close interaction between two organisms, one that is living inside the other. Animals and fungi share more recent common ancestor than fungi and plants; share more recent common ancestor. Protists are often thought of single-cellular, microscopic eukaryotic cells. Ernst haekel, german biologist, who came up with tree of life and kingdom protista, 1866. Some share common ancestor with animals and fungi. Very few branches of tree of life are plants, fungi, and animals. Archaeplastids- consist of photosynthetic organisms that derived chloroplasts from cyanobacteria. Nucleus found in every eukaryote, location of dna. Some hypothesize that unfolding of plasma membrane to form membrane structure around genetic material created nucleus. Evidence: in some bacteria, outer membrane is folding to form nuclear membrane. Lynn margulis (1966)- formal statement for theory, saying that eukaryotic cells are result of fusion of multiple previously independently living organisms.

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