Alex Sweeney @alexjs.dev · Jan 5

I'm fine with that, but then why aren't plant cells "just symbiotic mitochondria and chloroplasts and a host cell"? Why does one get its own domain of life and the other is just 2 different kingdoms working together?

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Dr. Katharine Dickson · Jan 5

The actual answer to this question gives microbiologists and evolutionary biologists philosophical nightmares