= Mitochondria
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= Mitochondrion
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A <mitochondrion> is an <organelle> whose inner membrane houses machinery for much of aerobic <cellular respiration> and <ATP> production in typical <eukaryotic> cells. <Mitochondria> descend from a bacterial <endosymbiosis> and retain a <genome> and <ribosomes>, although many required <proteins> are encoded by nuclear <genes>. This combination connects compartmentalized function to <evolution>. See https://openstax.org/books/biology-2e/pages/23-1-eukaryotic-origins[OpenStax Biology 2e, 23.1: mitochondrial ancestry].
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