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How we think complex cells evolved - Adam Jacobson

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Imagine you swallowed a small bird and suddenly gained the ability to fly … or you ate a cobra and were able to spit poisonous venom! Well, throughout the history of life (and specifically during the evolution of complex eukaryotic cells) things like this happened all the time. Adam Jacobson explains endosymbiosis, a type of symbiosis in which one symbiotic organism lives inside another.

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Endosymbiosis
Prokaryotic Cells
Eukaryotic Cells
Mitochondria
Chloroplasts
Cyanobacteria
Aerobic Bacteria
Host Cell
Engulfment
Symbiotic Relationship
Genome Fusion
Cell Nucleus
Organelles
Genetic Material Exchange
Evolutionary Leap
Ancestral Cells
Photosynthesis (related to chloroplasts)
Energy Release (from mitochondria)
Complex Cells
Evolution of Life

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