Problem: Describe how prokaryotes carryout photosynthesis and cellular respiration when they lack compartmentalized organelles such as chloroplasts and mitochondria. This question will help you understand the endosymbiosis theory.

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Organism need an isolated environment in order to proceed to photosynthesis and cellular respiration. 

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Describe how prokaryotes carryout photosynthesis and cellular respiration when they lack compartmentalized organelles such as chloroplasts and mitochondria. This question will help you understand the endosymbiosis theory.


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