Cells, prokaryotes, eukaryotes

The symbiotic relationship must have begun when a proto-host cell (unknowingly) provided protection for a cyanobacterium. The proto-host cell capitalized on the proto-chloroplast's sugar production.

This too was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Campbell and Reece

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