Why mitochondria is known as semi-autonomous structure of cell?
Mitochondria is double membranous, semi autonomous structure which is the power house of the cell. It is a membrane bound cellular structure found in most of the eukaryotic cells.
Mitochondria is semi autonomous because of following reasons;
1. It has it's own DNA which can replicate independent of the nuclear DNA.
2. It also has it's own ribosome which helps in protein synthesis.
As mentioned above , mitochondria can synthesize protein, enzymes and other material on it's own due to it's DNA and...