After studying a particular species of protist, you suspect that it has obtained a chloroplast via secondary endosymbiosis. Which of the following information would confirm your hypothesis?
A) have nuclear and cyanobacterial genes
B) are exceptionally small
C) have three or four membranes
D) have only a single pigment

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Secondary endosymbiosis involves a eukaryotic host cell engulfing another eukaryotic cell that already contains a primary chloroplast. This process adds an extra set of membranes around the chloroplast, resulting in chloroplasts with three or four membranes.

After Studying a Particular Species of Protist, You Suspect That