You can see the introduction to this series here. In this post we examine the evidence that mitochondria and chloroplasts are the descendants of free-living bacteria that entered into mutualistic relationships with eukaryotic host cells.
For the town of the same name in New South Wales, Australia, see Seaham, New South Wales. Seaham, formerly Seaham Harbour, is a small town in County Durham, situated 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Sunderland and 13 miles (21 km) east of Durham. It has a small parish church, St Mary the Virgin, with a late 7th century Anglo Saxon nave resembling the church at Escomb in many respects.
Sea chest. A sea chest is a rectangular or cylindrical recess in the hull of a ship. Ship's reservoir. The sea chest provides an intake reservoir from which piping systems draw raw water. Most sea chests are protected by removable gratings, and contain baffle plates to dampen the effects of vessel speed or sea state. The intake size of sea chests varies from less than 10 cmÂ² to several square metres. Zebra mussel control in sea chests