Re: Endosymbiosis
Arthur V. Chadwick (chadwicka@swac.edu)
Mon, 19 Feb 1996 16:31:52 -0800>I've detected very little activity on the reflector and wondered if
>something was wrong. Perhaps we're all talked out.
>
>So, I thought I'd throw out a question to see if anyone's listening. Do we
>consider the endosymbiosis theory of Lynn Margulis to be legitimate? I.e.
>are eukaryotic mitochondria and chloroplasts related to ancestral bacteria
>and blue-green algae? On the Progessive Creationist model or Young Earth
>Creationist model, why would we expect such a relationship to exist?
Let me pass the question back to you. What reason can you give for even
considering such a proposal? A friend of mine who received her Ph.D. under
Lynn and greatly respects her as a person (and not incidentally is a
creationist), does not see any reason why her proposal has merit other than
that it offers an easy out for the origin of mitochondria and chloroplasts.
Now we have Gilbert who says prokaryotes evolved from eukaryotes...where
does that leave Lynn's theory?
Art
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