Unless handled properly by living systems, oxygen can be quite damaging to cells. Imagine an ancient nucleated

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Unless handled properly by living systems, oxygen can be quite damaging to cells. Imagine an ancient nucleated cell that ingests an oxygen-using bacterium. In an environment where oxygen levels are increasing, why might natural selection favor a eukaryotic cell that did not digest the bacterium but instead provided a “safe haven” for it?

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Biology Science For Life With Physiology

ISBN: 9780134555430

6th Edition

Authors: Colleen Belk, Virginia Maier

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