According to the endosymbiotic theory, why was it adaptive for the larger (host) cell to keep the engulfed cell alive, rather than digesting it as food? (A) The engulfed cell provided the host cell with adenosine triphosphate (ATP). (B) The engulfed cell provided the host cell with carbon dioxide. (C) The engulfed cell allowed the host cell to metabolize glucose. (D) The host cell was able to survive anaerobic conditions with the engulfed cell alive.



Answer :

Option A is the correct answer.

The adaptive  for the larger (host) cell to keep the engulfed cell alive, rather than digesting it as food because the engulfed cell provide the host cell with adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

What is Adenosine triphosphate?

An organic substance called adenosine triphosphate provides energy for a variety of biological functions in living cells, including muscular contraction, nerve impulse transmission, condensate dissolving, and chemical synthesis.

At the cellular level, adenosine triphosphate is utilized and stored as energy (ATP). Adenine, ribose, and three serially linked phosphate groups make up the nucleoside triphosphate ATP.

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