1. Endosymbiont Theory discussed in a cell biology class at the University of Minnesota
    Look at sections C and D for factors for and against this theory.


  2. Endosymbiosis and the Origin of Eukaryotes
    From an On-line textbook by Dr. John W. Kimball - outstanding hyperlinked explanation with detailed maps of Mitochodrial and chloroplast genomes - which you might compare to what you are learning about in lab about plasmids; Don't panic - there is far more detailed information than you need.
  3. The Evolution of Organelles - this narrated animation summarizes the important points concerning the theory with visuals that might help you remember. It is from Cain, et al., Discover Biology, Third Edition, W. W. Norton & Co.© 2006 W. W. Norton & Co. and Sumanas, Inc.
  4. The Endosymbiotic Theory worksheet from IUPUI presents a nice table summarizing some of the imporant similarities among bacteria, chloroplasts, and mitichondria then continues and summarizes Lyn Margulis' theory and the logic behind it.
  5. Endosymbiosis: Lynn Margulis from University California Berkeley provides a historical perspectice on the theory and summarizes the DNA evidence in an easy to comprehend way.
  6. On the Origin of Eukaryotes an essay by Carl Zimmer from the Science series in honor of the Year of Darwin presents an excellent summary along with some of the latest competing hypotheses concerning the origin of eukaryotes - we may be more of a conglomerate of prokaryotes than we thought and our understanding of the domains of life may change!

  7. Try your text book for additional discussion of this topic.
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