All of the following is evidence that mitochondria originated from a phagocytose
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Question
All of the following is evidence that mitochondria originated from a phagocytosed bacterium EXCEPT
if conditions are carefully controlled mitochondria can survive and divide outside the cell.
translation initiation uses tRNAfMet in both mitochondria and bacteria.
certain antibiotics can inhibit mRNA translation in both mitochondrial ribosomes and bacterial ribosomes, but eukaryotic ribosomes are not affected by these.
mitochondrial genes lack introns.
mitochondrial ribosomes resemble bacterial ribosomes more than they do eukaryotic ribosomes.
Explanation / Answer
If conditions are carefully controlled mitochondria can survive and divide outside the cell. This statement has no evidense to conclude that the mitochondria originated from a phagocytosed bacterium.