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		aardvark179 on Nov 8, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mitochondria Are Alive Chloroplasts also evolved from separate organisms and are now effectively organelles. So this is t a one off event.

ASalazarMX on Nov 8, 2024 [–]

And even if those hadn't become organelles, who knows if they (or mitocondrias) could have evolved towards multicellular life on their own? They were already organisms to begin with.

liyamchitayat on Nov 8, 2024 | [–]

Yes! and there are additional cases, like the nitroplasts that we recently discovered. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitroplast

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