Topic 3: Protists Flashcards
1
Q
What is a derived trait?
A
“money you earn yourself”
2
Q
What is an ancestral trait?
A
“money you inherit”
3
Q
What is primary endosymbiosis?
A
phagocytosis of a prokaryote to a larger cell
4
Q
What happens during primary endosymbiosis?
A
anaerobic Archaean engulfs an aerobic alpha protobacterium -> ALL eukaryotes which have mitochondria
OR
heterotrophic eukaryote engulfs an autotrophic cyanobacterium -> photosynthetic eukaryotes which have MITOCHONDRIA & CHLOROPLASTS