INDEPENDENT ENDOSYMBIONTS. “Unlike the mitochondria and chloroplasts, some endosymbionts seem to have retained independent genetic systems. The “killer” particles in paramecia, discovered by T.M. Sonneborn in the 1930’s, provide a historically significant example. After many years of controversy, the killer particles were identified as bacterial symbionts.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022