Compartmentalization and the Origin of Organelles

Membranes divide eukaryotic cells into compartments; mitochondria and chloroplasts likely began as engulfed prokaryotes.

Compartmentalization
Endosymbiont theory
Prokaryotes vs. eukaryotes

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