If organelles are able to divide and reproduce themselves like a cell those most likely to have this ability would be
A)mitochondria only.
B)chloroplasts only.
C)peroxisomes only.
D)both mitochondria and chloroplasts.
E)mitochondria,chloroplasts,and lysosomes.

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Mitochondria and chloroplasts are organelles that have their own DNA and are able to undergo division and replication similar to a cell, a process called endosymbiosis. This is because they are thought to have originated from free-living prokaryotes that were engulfed by ancestral eukaryotic cells. Other organelles like peroxisomes and lysosomes do not have the ability to divide and reproduce themselves.

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