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endocytobiology

endocytobiology noun: the study of the evolutionary origins and relationships of eukaryotic cells, especially the endosymbiotic theory of the evolution of many organelles.

Noun

endocytobiology (uncountable)

  1. The study of the evolutionary origins and relationships of eukaryotic cells, especially the endosymbiotic theory of the evolution of many organelles.
    • The person perhaps most responsible for resurrecting and then establishing the serial endosymbiotic theory, thus creating the new field of endocytobiology, is Lynn Margulis, one of the world's foremost authorities on the evolutionary biology of the microbial world and a cofounder with Max Taylor of...1989 Fall, Arthur Fisher, “The Wheels Within Wheels in the Superkingdom Eucaryotae”, in Mosaic, volume 20, number 3, page 5
    • The close analogies between DNA-containing eukaryotic cell organelles and microbial symbionts require revision of classic cell theory, wrote Scwemmler and Schenk (1980) on introducing the field of endocytobiology.1991, Lynn Margulis, René Fester, Symbiosis as a Source of Evolutionary Innovation

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Questions about endocytobiology

What does endocytobiology mean?
Endocytobiology means the study of the evolutionary origins and relationships of eukaryotic cells, especially the endosymbiotic theory of the evolution of many organelles.
What part of speech is endocytobiology?
Endocytobiology is a noun.

Words near endocytobiology in the dictionary

  1. endocytic
  2. endocytically
  3. endocytobiological
  4. endocytobiologist
  5. endocytobiologists
  6. endocytobiology
  7. endocytobiont
  8. endocytobionts
  9. endocytobioses
  10. endocytobiosis
  11. endocytobiotic

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