Which one of the following statements about endosymbiosis and the origin of the eukaryotic cell is FALSE?
A)Mitochondria are the descendants of purple bacteria.
B)The chloroplasts of red and green algae are the descendants of cyanobacteria.
C)Algae incorporated prokaryotic cells that became chloroplasts, but never acquired mitochondria.
D)Many compartments of the eukaryotic cell are derived from the endomembrane system.

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Algae, like all eukaryotic cells, have mitochondria, which are believed to have originated from an endosymbiotic event involving an ancestral prokaryotic cell.

Which One of the Following Statements About Endosymbiosis and the Origin