How we think complex cells evolved - Adam Jacobson
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Imagine you swallowed a small bird and suddenly gained the ability to fly … or you ate a cobra and were able to spit poisonous venom! Well, throughout the history of life (and specifically during the evolution of complex eukaryotic cells) things like this happened all the time. Adam Jacobson explains endosymbiosis, a type of symbiosis in which one symbiotic organism lives inside another.
What types of biological abilities can be combined to create more capable, more complex cells?
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- Educator Adam Jacobson
- Director Camilla Gunborg Pedersen
- Narrator Addison Anderson
