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Question
Glycolysis is a process ___________.
Options
in which glycogen is broken down into glucose
which occurs in mitochondria
in which glucose is broken down into pyruvate
that occurs next to the Krebs cycle
Solution
Glycolysis is a process in which glucose is broken down into pyruvate.
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