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===The symbiotic theory===
This theory suggests that the first multicellular organisms occurred from [[symbiosis]] (cooperation) of different species of single-cell organisms, each with different roles. Over time these organisms would become so dependent on each other that they would not be able to survive independently, eventually leading to the incorporation of their genomes into one multicellular organism.<ref>{{cite book
| last = Margulis |first=Lynn
| author-link = Lynn Margulis
| year = 1998
| title = Symbiotic Planet: A New Look at Evolution
| page = 160
| publisher = [[Basic Books]]
| isbn = 978-0-465-07272-9
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}}</ref> Each respective organism would become a separate lineage of differentiated cells within the newly created species.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

This kind of severely co-dependent symbiosis can be seen frequently, such as in the relationship between [[clown fish]] and [[Heteractis magnifica|Riterri sea anemones]]. In these cases, it is extremely doubtful whether either species would survive very long if the other became extinct. However, the problem with this theory is that it is still not known how each organism's DNA could be incorporated into one single [[genome]] to constitute them as a single species. Although such symbiosis is theorized to have occurred (e.g., [[mitochondria]] and [[chloroplasts]] in animal and plant cells—[[endosymbiosis]]), it has happened only extremely rarely and, even then, the genomes of the endosymbionts have retained an element of distinction, separately replicating their DNA during [[mitosis]] of the host species. For instance, the two or three symbiotic organisms forming the composite [[lichen]], although dependent on each other for survival, have to separately reproduce and then re-form to create one individual organism once more.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}