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> The chances of survival of the original combined organism were 0.0000000001%. It was surely an experiment attempted many times, as countless bacteria infecte
by Qem 3y ago
> The chances of survival of the original combined organism were 0.0000000001%.
It was surely an experiment attempted many times, as countless bacteria infected countless protoeukaryotes. Probably doesn't explain Fermi paradox, as it succeeded at least twice here on Earth. One for mitochondria, another for chloroplasts.
- borissk 3y agoThe symbiosis with chloroplasts was a lot easier, as the host already had a nucleus.