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Endosymbiotic theory The endosymbiotic theory concerns the origins of and (e.g.), which are of cells. According to this theory, these organelles originated as separate organisms that were taken inside the cell as. Mitochondria developed from (in particular, or close relatives) and chloroplasts from. History The endosymbiotic theory was first articulated by the Russian botanist in 1905. Mereschkowski was familiar with work by botanist, who had observed in 1883 that the division of in green plants closely resembled that of free-living, and who had himself tentatively proposed (in a footnote) tha