Pearson eText Biology: Science for Life -- Instant Access (Pearson+)

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ISBN: 9780135214084

Author: Colleen Belk, Virginia 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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