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Re-evaluation of the Initial Ideas of Lynn Margulis

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Currently, any student studying biology knows the name of Lynn Margulis. The endosymbiotic theory is illustrated in a visually comprehensible way in any textbook, and nobody doubts about its truth. Even in the first half of the twentieth century, a limited number of biologists argued already about endosymbiotic hypotheses. However, in 1967, in which Margulis published her initial paper on the origin of mitosis, this was not a generally accepted theory. Why did Margulis propose her endosymbiotic theory as an original one? We have to re-examine her discourses in her initial writings.

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    Japanese references are cited in the main text with “J” after the year, such as Kato (1973J). The title of each article was translated by the author, if English title is not provided in the original publications. A short comment or explanation is added for each publication, if necessary.

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    Naoki Sato

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Sato, N. (2019). Re-evaluation of the Initial Ideas of Lynn Margulis. In: Endosymbiotic Theories of Organelles Revisited. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1161-5_4

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