Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Cells as the basic units of living organisms

Cells as the basic units of living organisms — practice question

Mitochondria are believed to have arisen from prokaryotic cells that were taken into an ancestral cell. Which feature did these prokaryotes lose as they evolved into mitochondria?

  • Acell wall
  • Bcircular chromosome
  • Cinternal membranes
  • Dribosomes

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