Did Plastids Evolved Before Mitochondria?

It appears that the symbiogenesis of mitochondria occurred before the primary endosymbiosis of cyanobacteria. Mitochondria are genetically more strongly integrated into the host cell than plastids; and all plastid-containing cells also have mitochondria.

Which came first mitochondria or plastids?

Mitochondria likely evolved before plastids because all eukaryotes have either functional mitochondria or mitochondria-like organelles.

Did plants evolve from mitochondria?

Mitochondria and chloroplasts likely evolved from engulfed prokaryotes that once lived as independent organisms. ... Eukaryotic cells containing mitochondria then engulfed photosynthetic prokaryotes, which evolved to become specialized chloroplast organelles.