Eukaryote organelles - DNA?

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Eukaryote organelles - DNA?

Post by JeanTate » Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:21 pm

Which non-nuclear organelles are known to contain their own DNA? And which of these are thought to have a common ancestor?

As far as I know, mitochondria, all mitochondria in all (non-extinct) eukaryotes, contain DNA, and it is thought to have a common ancestor.

Plants contain plastids (as well as mitochondria), which all contain DNA (right?). However, collectively, the plastids' DNA does not have a common ancestor, right?
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Post by JackBean » Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:18 am

yeah, I think you're rigth
http://www.biolib.cz/en/main/

Cis or trans? That's what matters.
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