Answer:
The correct answer is C. Endosymbiotes
Explanation:
In endosymbiosis, one organism called endosymbiotes lives inside a larger organism in a symbiotic relationship with means both are benefitted from each other. According to the endosymbiotic theory, both chloroplast and mitochondria are generated through endosymbiosis of different bacteria by ancestral cells.
Therefore mitochondria is an evolved bacteria that was engulfed by a bigger bacteria. This is the reason why mitochondria contains its own genome and can replicate and divide but can not function outside the cell because it requires the condition present in the cell. So the right answer is C.
