protomitochondrion

English

Alternative forms

proto-mitochondrion

Etymology

proto- +‎ mitochondrion

Noun

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proto-mitochondrion

protomitochondrion (plural protomitochondria)

(biology) The ancestral bacterial endosymbiont from which all mitochondria are thought to be derived

Related terms

protomitochondrial

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