Which of the Following Results Would Be Most Important in Determining

question 76

Multiple Choice

Which of the following results would be most important in determining whether P. chromatophora's chromatophore is still an endosymbiont, or is an organelle, as the term chromatophore implies?

• A) if P. chromatophora is less fit without its chromatophore than with it
• B) if the chromatophore is less fit without the host cercozoan than with it
• C) if there is ongoing metabolic cooperation between the chromatophore and the host cercozoan
• D) if there has been movement of genes from the chromatophore genome to the nuclear genome, such that these genes are no longer present in the chromatophore genome

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