Germinating Plant Seeds Can Convert Stored Fatty Acids into Oxaloacetate

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Germinating plant seeds can convert stored fatty acids into oxaloacetate and a variety of carbohydrates. Animals cannot synthesize significant quantities of oxaloacetate or glucose from fatty acids. What accounts for this difference?

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