In this papercut animation, Professor Rob Lue presents a whimsical take on the endosymbiotic theory of mitochondrial origin and its implications for the properties of mitochondria.

From our free online course, “Cell Biology: Mitochondria”: https://www.edx.org/course/cellbiolo...

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