Campbell Biology (12th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0135188741
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Chapter 25 - 25.3 - Concept Check - Page 537: 2

Answer

The main evidence is that all eukaryotes have mitochondria or signs that they or their ancestors once had them, but not all have chloroplasts.

Work Step by Step

The simplest explanation for this, and the most likely, is that mitochondria came first and that later some lineages also acquired chloroplasts.
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