Campbell Biology in Focus (2nd Edition)
Campbell Biology in Focus (2nd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321962751
Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 24.2, Problem 3CC
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A hypothesis to explain why the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts resemble those of cyanobacteria.

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The cyanobacterial cells contain the chloroplast with the thylakoid membrane. These cells are formed by the fusion of the primitive bacterial cells with the green algae as mentioned in the endosymbiont theory of the origin of mitochondria and chloroplasts.

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