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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)
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