If the mitochondrion is the result of endosymbiosis,what membrane of the mitochondrion represents the engulfing vesicle?
A)the outer mitochondrial membrane
B)vacuole
C)crista
D)thylakoid membrane
E)granum

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The outer mitochondrial membrane represents the engulfing vesicle, as it was formed from the host cell's plasma membrane when it engulfed or phagocytosed the ancestral bacteria that became the mitochondrion. The inner mitochondrial membrane and cristae, on the other hand, arose from the bacterial cell membrane of the engulfed bacterium. The other choices, vacuole, thylakoid membrane, and granum, are not involved in the process of endosymbiosis that led to the evolution of mitochondria.

If the Mitochondrion Is the Result of Endosymbiosis,what Membrane of the Mitochondrion