The Figure Below Shows a Mitochondrion, Emphasizing Its Inner and Outer

question 63

Multiple Choice

The figure below shows a mitochondrion, emphasizing its inner and outer membranes.
The inner membrane of the mitochondria is thought to have evolved from

• A) a bit of plasma membrane from the early eukaryotic cell that engulfed a bacterium.
• B) the membrane surrounding the lysosome that engulfed a bacterium once it was inside an early eukaryotic cell.
• C) the plasma membrane of a prokaryotic cell engulfed by an early eukaryotic cell.
• D) infoldings of the plasma membrane of an early eukaryotic cell.

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