Which of the following provides support for the endosymbiotic hypothesis?
A) Double membranes are around mitochondria and chloroplasts.
B) Mitochondria and chloroplasts have their own genomes.
C) Mitochondria and chloroplasts can synthesize proteins.
D) Mitochondria and chloroplasts contain genes that are strikingly similar to bacterial genes.
E) All of the above statements provide support for the endosymbiotic hypothesis.

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All of the listed statements (A, B, C, D) support the endosymbiotic hypothesis by highlighting characteristics of mitochondria and chloroplasts that suggest they originated from free-living bacteria that were engulfed by early eukaryotic cells.

Which of the Following Provides Support for the Endosymbiotic Hypothesis