Assertion: mitochondrion | /r/HasProperty | derived
Facets:
value: from bacteria
type: OTHER
value: from prokaryotes
type: OTHER
value: from this endosymbiotic event
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: For decades, researchers have known that mitochondria are derived from bacteria that became internal symbionts of archaeal cells, but details of how that happened have been sketchy.
text: Several lines of evidence support that mitochondria are derived from this endosymbiotic event.
text: Dr. Nunnari explains that mitochondria are derived from prokaryotes and played a pivotal role in the evolution of eukaryotes.
text: These similarities have prompted the hypothesis that mitochondria are derived from bacteria, by a process termed endosymbiosis.
text: So if the mitochondria were derived from the bacteria, what kind of bacterium was this mitochondrial progenitor?