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Chapter 4.6, Problem 1CC
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To determine: The importance of highly invaginated inner membrane of the mitochondria.
Introduction: A eukaryotic cell consists of many cell organelles enclosed within a plasma membrane. Mitochondria and chloroplast are considered as semi-autonomous organelles because both possess the ability to grow and divide due to the presence of their own DNA. However, they are semi-autonomous as they depend on other parts of the cell, such as cytosol to import their internal components.
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