endosymbiosis

Examples of endosymbiosis in the following topics:

• Phylogeny of the Eukarya

  • Later endosymbiosis led to the spread of plastids in some lineages.

• Microbes and the Origin of Life on Earth

  • When one organism actually lives inside the other it's called endosymbiosis.

• Mutualism vs. Symbiosis

  • Endosymbiosis: a relationship in which one of the symbiotic species lives inside the tissue the other.

• Cyanobacteria

  • According to the endosymbiotic theory, chloroplasts in plants and eukaryotic algae have evolved from cyanobacterial ancestors via endosymbiosis.