endosymbiosis
noun
symbiosis in which one symbiont lives within the body of the other.
endosymbiotic
-
a word derived from
endosymbiosis.
Example Sentences
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The researchers suggest that examining the structures used by other endosymbiotic shrimp may reveal similar switches.
From Science Magazine ● May 25, 2022
Other scientists suggest that membrane proliferation and compartmentalization, not endosymbiotic events, led to the development of mitochondria and plastids.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
The endosymbiotic theory states that eukaryotes are a product of one prokaryotic cell engulfing another, one living within another, and evolving together over time until the separate cells were no longer recognizable as such.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
Several endosymbiotic events likely contributed to the origin of the eukaryotic cell.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
However, the vast majority of studies support the endosymbiotic hypothesis of eukaryotic evolution.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
