What Data Convinced Biologists That the Photosynthesis in Paulinella Chromatophora

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Multiple Choice

What data convinced biologists that the photosynthesis in Paulinella chromatophora originated independently of the endosymbiotic events that gave rise to chloroplasts in green algae?

• A)Nucleotide sequences of genes in the chloroplasts of Paulinella show that these organelles are most closely related to cyanobacteria different from those from which green algal chloroplasts arose.
• B)Paulinella belongs to a different superkingdom from the green algae, and each superkingdom with photosynthetic members arose from a different endosymbiotic event.
• C)Green algae have cell walls made of cellulose, but Paulinella does not.
• D)Paulinella has a chloroplast that arose by means of a second endosymbiotic event incorporating a photosynthetic eukaryote; the presence of multiple membranes in these chloroplasts supports its independent origin from chloroplasts in green algae.

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