 There are no known eukaryotes which never had mitochondria

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There are no known eukaryotes which never had mitochondria by

Ciro Santilli 35  Updated 2025-03-28  +Created 1970-01-01

As of 2020, there are no known eukaryotes which have never had mitochondria.

Known eukaryotes without mitochondria, which are very rare, have lost mitochondria they previously had.

Having mitochondria appears to be a requisite for being an eukaryote. This is one of the central thesis of Power, Sex, Suicide by Nick Lane (2006).

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