The evolution of the cell

In this topic

• How the first cells appeared
• The first prokaryotes and the arrival of photosynthesis
• The oxygen revolution and aerobic respiration
• Endosymbiosis: the birth of the eukaryotic cell

Key terms

• Abiogenesis
• Coacervate
• The “RNA world”
• Stromatolite
• Anaerobic heterotroph
• Cyanobacterium
• The oxygen revolution
• The ozone layer
• Aerobic respiration
• Endosymbiosis
• Circular DNA
• Membrane infolding

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