The answer is; E
This shows that these organelles were once free-living organisms with their own mechanisms for reproduction which they have retained even after years of symbiotic relationship with the higher organisms. During their duplication, they also replicate their own DNA. Their DNA does not have histones (as opposed to the DNA in the nucleus of their host eukaryotic cell) similar to that of simple organisms such as bacteria.
The fill in the blank answer is increased
300 BC by Greek philosophers
Cells need both genes, and each cell inherits half of the genes from both cell parents.
