Protomitochondrion
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Protomitochondrion is a noun meaning (biology) The ancestral bacterial endosymbiont from which all mitochondria are thought to be derived.
Meaning
(biology) The ancestral bacterial endosymbiont from which all mitochondria are thought to be derived.
Word Forms
- protomitochondria
- proto-mitochondrion
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include promitochondrion, matrix, megamitochondrion, mitochondrion, mitochondrium, mitochondriogenesis.
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