Why aren’t the three rRNA genes of corn one another’s closest relatives?
A. Because corn is a hybrid of yeast, cyanobacteria, and E. coli
B. Endosymbiosis in the ancestor of corn gave it the ability to photosynthesize and respire
C. Endosymbiosis in the ancestors of eukaryotes, and again in photosynthetic eukaryotes led to the evolution of mitochondria and chloroplasts, which retain parts of their original genomes