What is endosymbiotic theory, and who developed it?
http://www.morris.umn.edu/~goochv/CellBio/lectures/endo/endo.html Concept that mitochondria and chloroplasts evolved from ingested bacteria. First articulated Konstantin Mereschkowski in 1905. Hypothesis fleshed out byLynn Margulis in 1981. ENDOSYMBIOTIC THEORY 1. Theory of endosymbiosis. 1. Introduction 1. Simply stated, the theory of endosymbiosis is the concept that mitochondria and chloroplasts are the result of years of evolution initiated by the endocytosis of bacteria and blue-green algae which, instead of becoming digested, became symbiotic. 2. Alternate theories of the evolution of eukaryotic cells. 1. The mitochondria and chloroplasts are developments of the invaginations of the cell membrane. Such that the rest of the cell, being relieved from power house duties, became highly developed and evolved. 2. The bacterium some how developed externally, and the casing around the bacterium
