NEET Biology question

Biology Respiration in Plants NEET

The pathway of respiration common in all living organisms is X; it occurs in the Y and the products formed are two molecules of Z. Identify X, Y and Z in the above paragraph and select the correct answer.

(A)X-EMP pathway, Y-mitochondrion, Z-pyruvic acid
(B)X-EMP pathway, Y-cytoplasm, Z-pyruvic acidCorrect
(C)X-Krebs' cycle, Y-cytoplasm, Z-acetyl CoA
(D)X-Krebs' cycle, Y-mitochondrion, Z-acetyl CoA

Answer: (B)

Solution

Glycolysis (the EMP pathway) is the one respiratory pathway common to all living organisms, including anaerobic prokaryotes that lack mitochondria entirely; it occurs in the

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