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#Question id: 40217


Consider the following statements about the Endosymbiotic Theory:

Statement I: It explains the origin of mitochondria and chloroplasts in eukaryotic cells.

Statement II: Mitochondria and chloroplasts have their own circular DNA, similar to bacteria.

Statement III: The theory proposes that these organelles originated as free-living prokaryotes that were engulfed by a host cell.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

#Environmental Science
  1. I and II only

  2. II and III only
  3. I and III only

  4. I, II, and III