NEET Biology question

Which of the following is wrongly matched regarding respiratory pigments?

(A)Haemoglobin in RBC - Mammals
(B)Haemozoin - Respiratory pigment in *Plasmodium* cytoplasmCorrect
(C)Haemocyanin - Prawn
(D)Haemoglobin dissolved in blood plasma - *Pheretima*

Answer: (B)

Solution

Haemozoin is not a respiratory pigment; it is a toxic, insoluble iron-containing breakdown product of host haemoglobin sequestered inside the food vacuole of *Plasmodium*. Haemoglobin inside

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