Genomics of Endosymbiosis and Cells Within Cells

Eukaryotic cells and their membrane bound organelles evolved from the uptake of a prokaryotic cell into another cell - a process called endosymbiosis. Professors Bebashish Bhattacharya and Dana Price of Rutgers University discuss how single-cell genomics of algae can help unravel the mystery of endosymbiosis and its impact on our health and the environment.