According to the Endosymbiotic Theory,early Eukaryotes Acquired the Mitochondrion from a Symbiotic

question 39

Multiple Choice

According to the endosymbiotic theory,early eukaryotes acquired the mitochondrion from a symbiotic bacterium.What happened to the bacterial genes?

• A)All of the bacterial genes were lost.
• B)All of the bacterial genes were transferred to the nuclear genome.
• C)All of the bacterial genes still exist and comprise the mitochondrial genome.
• D)All of the bacterial genes still exist and comprise the chloroplast genome.
• E)Some bacterial genes were transferred to the nucleus, some were lost, and some comprise the mitochondrial genome.