Medical Definition of Endosymbiont hypothesis

1. The hypothesis that semi autonomous organelles such as mitochondria and chloroplasts were originally endosymbiotic bacteria or cyanobacteria. The arguments are convincing and although the hypothesis cannot be proven it is widely accepted. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Endosymbiont Hypothesis

endosternites
endostethoscope
endosteum
endostoma
endostomata
endostome
endostomes
endostoses
endostosis
endostyle
endostyles
endosulfan
endosulfans
endosurgery
endosymbiont
endosymbiont hypothesis (current term)
endosymbionts
endosymbioses
endosymbiosis
endosymbiosis theory
endosymbiotic
endosymbiotic bacteria
endosymbiotic infection
endosymbiotic theory
endotendineum
endoteric bacterium
endotheca
endothecia
endothecium
endothelia

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