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The 55 pages that link to Mitochondria, each with the reason it gives.

• EukaryoteBroader topic: Its bacterial ancestry offers a key clue to how complex cells evolved.

• Endosymbiotic theoryBroader topic: Mitochondria are the best-established organelles explained by an ancient bacterial partnership.

• SymbiosisBroader topic: Its bacterial ancestry is a landmark case of endosymbiotic evolution.

• TorporBroader topic: Changes in cellular energy production help sustain the low metabolic state.

• Cyanide poisoningBroader topic: Cyanide chiefly disrupts energy production within this organelle.

• OrganelleBroader topic: Mitochondria show how an organelle's compartments support energy production.

• ChemiosmosisBroader topic: Its inner membrane supports respiratory proton gradients and ATP synthesis.

• Lynn MargulisBroader topic: Its bacterial ancestry is a principal claim of Margulis’s modern endosymbiotic theory.

• EukaryogenesisBroader topic: Mitochondria preserve evidence of the bacterial contribution to eukaryotic origins.

• Eukaryotic cellBroader topic: Its energy production supports the cell’s many compartmentalized activities.

• NiclosamideBroader topic: Mitochondrial energy production is a principal target of niclosamide’s uncoupling action.

• Albert ClaudeBroader topic: Claude’s fractionation work helped isolate mitochondria for biochemical investigation.

• EukaryotaBroader topic: Mitochondria are widespread eukaryotic organelles with a bacterial evolutionary origin.

• SymbiogenesisBroader topic: Mitochondria are descendants of bacterial endosymbionts incorporated into ancestral cells.

• Energy utilizationBroader topic: Mitochondria supply ATP for energy-demanding work in many eukaryotic cells.