1. Which of the following is not an evidence that chloroplasts and mitochondria originated as prokaryotic endosymbionts of larger cells? *   A. They contain circular DNA molecules not associated with proteins. B. Their membranes have enzymes and transport systems that resemble those found in plasma membranes of prokaryotes. C. Their ribosomal RNA is more similar to that of eubacteria than to eukaryotes. D. They contain their own genome and produce their own proteins.

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1. Which of the following is not an evidence that chloroplasts and mitochondria originated as prokaryotic endosymbionts of larger cells? *
 
A. They contain circular DNA molecules not associated with proteins.
B. Their membranes have enzymes and transport systems that resemble those found in plasma membranes of prokaryotes.
C. Their ribosomal RNA is more similar to that of eubacteria than to eukaryotes.
D. They contain their own genome and produce their own proteins.
 
2. Why does the endosymbiotic hypothesis maintain that chloroplasts may have at least three origins? It is because *
 
A. Molecular systematics link the red line, green line and brown line to three different eubacteria.
B. The chloroplasts of green plants show three distinct morphologies.
C. The pigment composition and thylakoid arrangement cyanobacteria occur in three different arrangements.
D. The phyla of algal protists can be divided into three groups based on photosynthetic pigments and chloroplast structure.
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