this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2024
779 points (98.7% liked)

Science Memes

11047 readers
3416 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.



Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.



Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

True haha, thats a good distinction. I'm just joking here.

Kind of interesting that chloroplasts in plants seem to be a sort of symbiosis as well, like mitochondria, considering the cell walls around them.

[โ€“] deltapi 2 points 1 week ago

Yes, they are distinct organelles with their own DNA, so you are spot on with the comparison to mitochondria