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It is believed that mitochondria, which have their own independent genetics, became part of cells originally as a symbiotic organism. The fact that they are found in all cells of multi-cellular organisms is a tribute to the usefulness of mitochondria. It may well be that multi-cellular organisms would be impossible without them.

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