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Comparing the evidence for two opposing hypotheses.
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Testing the two hypotheses (2 of 4)
Examining the evidence for two hypotheses: the endosymbiotic or step-by-step origins of mitochondria, plastids, and tubule organelles.
Testing the two hypotheses (3 of 4)
New sequencing technologies leads to the evidence that both mitochondrial and plastid DNA are more similar to bacterial DNA.