Biology: Science for Life with Physiology (5th Edition)
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780321922212
Author: Colleen Belk, Virginia Borden Maier
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 4, Problem 2AAATB
If you could follow one carbon atom present in a carbohydrate you ingested and burned for energy, where would that carbon atom end up?
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