OUTCOMES

Be able to identify/distinguish all structural features of a mitochondrion.

What are the main structure/function differences betw the outer and inner
membranes?
Be able to explain the endosymbiont hypothesis for mitochondria and
chloroplasts
Be able to explain why mitochondria are no longer capable of surviving as
free-living bacteria.
How are mitochondrial partitioned during mitosis?
Be able to explain how fission of mitochondria and chloroplasts occurs
(including involvement of ER, ERMES, Drp1, etc
In what contexts does mitochondria fusion occur? (Be able to explain some
examples.)
Remember the basics of energy conversion in cells and the main products of
Krebs cycle.
What happens to the high energy electronsthat are harvested in the Krebs
cycle?
How are they stored, and how are they used?