Mitocondria evolution

Forcing the two organisms to cooperate hints at origins of cells’ energy factories

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TINA HESMAN SAEY 

6:00AM, NOVEMBER 5, 2018

YOU COMPLETE ME Yeast cells (blue) harboring E. coli bacteria (purple) work together to provide each other energy and nutrients. The hybrid cells may help scientists learn more about the evolution of mitochondria, the organelles that make energy for cells.

A mashup of yeast and shows how mitochondria might have evolved

NOV 05 2018 6:00 AM

An engineered partnership between yeast and E. coli suggests one way mitochondria may have evolved.

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