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From: LYAGER.HIDE@BIONET-20.BIO.NET (Winston Hide)
Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.evolution
Subject: Origin of mitochondria?
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Date: 25 Oct 88 21:52:05 GMT
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I would appreciate anyone's views on the origin of mitochondria:

In particular? is it accepted that their origin is monophyletic or
is it polyphyletic?

I am aware of the symbiotic story, however, I would really like
to know if I were faced with a question where I saw waht looked like
a bacterium inside a cell(both old ) How would I test for
the bacterium-like organelle being a mtiochondrion?
What definitive gene could I probe for?
I aplogise for my naivete, but the answer to the question
is important to me at this time.

I look forward to hereing from someone, or atleast being pointed in the right
direction


Thankyou.

Win Hide Temple University.


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