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The ability to maintain different environments inside a single cell allows eukaryotic cells to carry out complex metabolic reactions that prokaryotes cannot. In fact, it's a big part of the reason why eukaryotic cells can grow to be many times larger than prokaryotic ones.
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One theory that may explain how eukaryotes became so complex is the endosymbiotic theory. This theory proposes that organelles like mitochondria and chloroplasts were once free-living prokaryotic cells that began to live within a larger host cell.
