What Might Be the Advantage to an Ancestral Cell If

question 21

Multiple Choice

What might be the advantage to an ancestral cell if it maintained a photosynthetic bacterium within its cytoplasm rather than digest it?

• A)It could now utilize hydrogen sulfide as an energy source.
• B)It could now use photosynthesis to make its food.
• C)It could now live in a highly oxygenated environment.
• D)It could now use glucose as an energy source.

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High Standards

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Evolutionary Benefit

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