From Prokaryotes to Eukaryotes--Development of the Nucleus

Hi WK,The first article you quote says: Do they mean that this is an often-observed process or do they mean it is an often inferred process? IOW, have they often observed organelle DNA being incorporated in the nuclear DNA? Or, have they often discovered the organelle DNA in the nuclear DNA, and, since they have this theory of endosymbiosis, they conclude, therefore, that it was thus incorporated?And, by "acquired by the nucleus" do they mean it became incorporated into the nuclear DNA, or do they mean simply that it successfully migrated into the nuclear area?This message has been edited by TheLiteralist, 02-06-2005 02:14 AM

Snikwad,I'm on the other side of the fence--that is, I'm a YEC. I had wanted to raise this very idea of nuclear DNA coordinated reproduction of cell organelles as an argument AGAINST endosymbiosis. But I wasn't even sure that cell organelle replication WAS coordinated by nuclear DNA.Of course, my thought is the seemingly hyper-parsimonious idea that "God made it that way."I shall watch this thread with interest.